stick to (your) guns

British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal

to refuse to change your ideas although other people try to make you change them.

David's family were against him becoming an actor but he stuck to his guns.

Stand by your guns and don't let them talk you into working full time if you don't want to.

• put right
• put shirt on
• put shirt on something
• put shoulder to the wheel
• put someone at odds with
• put someone at odds with someone
• put someone back on track
• put someone in a hole
• put someone in mind of
• put someone in mind of someone
• put someone in mind of something
• put someone in place
• put someone in their place
• put someone in the picture
• put someone in the shade
• put someone off stride
• put someone off their stride
• put someone off the scent
• put someone on a collision course
• put someone on a pedestal
• put someone on edge
• put someone on the map
• put someone on the right track
• put someone on the shelf
• put someone on the spot