stand firm
hold firm

She could certainly stand firm with the best of them, however.

He was right of course, but she tried to stand firm.

But local and state officials, with the law on their side, stand firm against him.

He should have made up his mind and stood firm.

This was a woman who wanted to stand firm, on her own.

Every man's hand has been against us, and yet we have stood firm.

But we all said we're standing firm and going ahead.

I would just like to tell the Council to stand firm.

Which, he decided, made it all the more important to stand firm.

But I stood firm there and at last she gave way.

But there is still some hope that it will stand firm.

In a little while, if a man of them still stood firm, he was one with nothing to lose.

His troops stood firm in the following weeks and took back the lost ground.

"In the name of the people, I order you to stand firm."

That is no reason to stand firm on your own national interests alone.

"We need the Congress to stand firm and strong," he said.

When she stood firm and left the door open, he shut it himself.

He has stood firm in his support of abortion rights.

He heard her, of that much was she certain, but the walls stood firm.

They too stand firm, the promises I have made you.

But if the House stands firm in a vote expected today, only research money will be available next year.

That number, 2,792, had stood firm for more than a year.

That is a key principle, on which we should stand firm.

It was the only thing she felt capable of standing firm on.

If there is no place of refuge, they will stand firm.

I want you to hold firm at that system for a while, though.

Then I went to my mother, and she held firm, too.

They are trying to hold firm at their asking price.

We must hold firm to our vision of this city.

I tried to press forward, but the men of the chain held firm.

But even as the two men were being released, the police department that brought the case against them held firm.

And she holds firm to those rules in her class.

Probably the single biggest reason that the 13 held firm was politics.

From 1928 to 1932, that particular line holds firm in the present show.

They would not hold firm against a mob, he knew.

She tried to bat his hand away, but he held firm.

On the first, the Federal agency and its allies held firm.

If he holds firm, perhaps his efforts will yet make a difference.

The second wall has only two gates and they are holding firm.

Democrats therefore need to hold firm and try hard to pick up support in their own party.

But most signs were that Russian officials have held firm.

Instead, the numbers held firm, at 11,700 tickets for the first week.

At one time the privately held firm had more than 1,000 employees.

"Can you hold firm if I push at the side?"

For now, the Republicans are holding firm in their support of the governor.

I took a massive step forward, my club held firm in both hands.

It looked for a while there like we might not have a show, because everyone was holding firm on all sides.

But the emotional math still added up, so we held firm.

We hope that the peace agreement will hold firm and be permanent.