Idiom
stay the course
Meaning
To persist or continue, especially in the face of difficulties.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It is hard, but you must stay the course.”
“Even when the project became difficult, the team decided to stay the course until they finished.”
“Despite the mounting opposition from his critics, the leader resolved to stay the course and implement the reforms he had promised.”
Examples
simple
“It is hard, but you must stay the course.”
contextual
“Even when the project became difficult, the team decided to stay the course until they finished.”
complex
“Despite the mounting opposition from his critics, the leader resolved to stay the course and implement the reforms he had promised.”
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