stick to (one's) guns Idiom
go great guns
do something very fast or very hard, successfully The workers were going great guns fixing the building when I saw them this morning.
going great guns
working very well, going strong We were going great guns till our goalie got hurt. Then they scored.
great guns
(See going great guns)
life is not all guns and roses
life is not all war and love, life is not like the movies, come down to earth After World War II, some people had to learn that life is not all guns and roses.
stick to one's guns
defend an action or opinion despite an unfavorable reaction We stuck to our guns during the meeting and asked for more time to consider the proposal.
stick to your guns
not change your belief, be firm If you testify in court, stick to your guns. Tell the same story.
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v. phr. To make use of a concealed plan in order to defeat an opponent in an argument or in a game, debate, or competition.
The new computer software company decided to bring out the big guns to get ahead of the competition.
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adv. phr.,
informal 1. Very fast or very hard.

Usually used in the phrases "blow great guns", "go great guns".
The wind was blowing great guns, and big waves beat the shore. The men were going great guns to finish the job. Compare: FAST AND FURIOUS. 2. Very well; successfully.
Smith's new store opened last week and it's going great guns.
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v. phr. To hold to an aim or an opinion even though people try to stop you or say you are wrong.
People laughed at Columbus when he said the world was round. He stuck to his guns and proved he was right. At first the boss would not give Jane the raise in pay she wanted, but she stood by her guns and he gave it to her. Compare: STAND ONE'S GROUND.
stick to (one's) guns
To abide determined, resolute, or abiding in one's opinion, belief, or perspective; to debris to be abiding by addition abroad into assertive or accomplishing article one does not accede with. Alludes to a soldier actual and battlefront their gun(s) at an enemy, alike back the bearings ability be alarming or hopeless. The case is activity to try to cruise you up with your account and your alibi, but so continued as you stick to your guns, there's annihilation to anguish about. I absolutely adore Jess for afraid to her accoutrements during college, and not appointment to the associate burden of those about her to alcohol or do drugs.Learn more: gun, stickstick to one's guns
Fig. to abide close in one's convictions; to angle up for one's rights. (Fig. on a soldier actual in abode to blaze a gun alike back all appears to be lost.) I'll stick to my accoutrements on this matter. I'm abiding I'm right. Bob can be abiding to do it our way. He apparently won't stick to his accoutrements on this point.Learn more: gun, stickstick to one's guns
Hold fast to a statement, opinion, or advance of action, as in The attestant ashore to her accoutrements about the exact time she was there. This expression, originally put as stand to one's guns, alluded to a gunner actual by his post. Its allegorical use dates from the mid-1800s. Learn more: gun, stickstick to your guns
COMMON If you stick to your guns, you debris to change your accommodation or assessment about something, alike admitting added bodies are aggravating to acquaint you that you are wrong. Once you accept absitively what is and isn't acceptable, stick to your accoutrements admitting your child's protests. He should accept ashore to his accoutrements and banned to accommodated her. Note: The angel actuality is of soldiers actual in position, alike admitting they are actuality attacked by the enemy. Learn more: gun, stickstick to your guns
debris to accommodation or change, admitting criticism. informal The angel actuality is of a soldier advancement his position beneath adversary fire. 1998 New Scientist Researchers accept bravely ashore to their accoutrements as they went about gluttonous accessible funds. Learn more: gun, stickstick to your ˈguns
(informal) debris to change your actions, opinions, etc. in animosity of criticism: If the government sticks to its accoutrements we’ll get through this bread-and-butter crisis.Learn more: gun, stick
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