"dig one's heels in" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: digs one's heels in [present, singular, third-person], digging one's heels in [participle, present], dug one's heels in [participle, past], dug one's heels in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|dig<,,dug> one's heels in}} dig one's heels in (third-person singular simple present digs one's heels in, present participle digging one's heels in, simple past and past participle dug one's heels in)
  1. (idiomatic) to refuse to change one's plans or ideas, especially when counseled otherwise Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-dig_one's_heels_in-en-verb-zCyneSrO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 54
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dig, heel, in. Related terms: dig in one's heels, harden someone's heart
    Sense id: en-dig_one's_heels_in-en-verb-4VNDXqbF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English predicates: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 54

Inflected forms

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