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dug in
adjective as in immovable
Strongest matches
adjective as in unbending
Weak matches
- aloof
- distant
- do-or-die
- formal
- hard as nails
- hard-line
- hold one's ground
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- incompliant
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- intractable
- locked-in
- obdurate
- relentless
- resolute
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- standing one's ground
- standing pat
- sticking to one's guns
- stiff
- strict
- stubborn
- uncompromising
- unflexible
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
- uptight
Example Sentences
Instead, he dug in his heels, hoping voters would forgive and forget.
With both sides so dug in, he just needs to win over enough of the small slice of undecided voters without a fixed view of him.
They probably should have killed the game off, but fair play to Everton, they dug in and carried on.
Far from letting their shoulders slump, Newcastle dug in and after Josh Hodge had missed a difficult conversion from the right touchline, they soon got their noses in front.
The players dug in and ground out a really good point for us.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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