"stick by one's guns" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sticks by one's guns [present, singular, third-person], sticking by one's guns [participle, present], stuck by one's guns [participle, past], stuck by one's guns [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stick<,,stuck> by one's guns}} stick by one's guns (third-person singular simple present sticks by one's guns, present participle sticking by one's guns, simple past and past participle stuck by one's guns)
  1. Alternative form of stick to one's guns Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: stick to one's guns
    Sense id: en-stick_by_one's_guns-en-verb-XQQcidW2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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