stay the course
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Hold or persevere to the end, as in No, he's not resigning; he's going to stay the course. This metaphoric expression, alluding to a horse running an entire race, was first recorded in 1916.
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IS and ARE are both forms of which verb?
Words nearby stay the course
stay-press, stay put, stays, staysail, stay stitching, stay the course, stay with, S.T.B., stbd., St. Bernard, St. Brieuc
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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