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stay the course

Idioms  

  1. 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.

Example Sentences

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“If you can shift the conversation from ‘How much did you make today?’ to ‘How long can you stay the course?’ you’re giving them something better than supervision.

From MarketWatch

“If you can shift the conversation from, ‘How much did you make today?’, to ‘How long can you stay the course?’

From MarketWatch

That’s precisely why the state should stay the course, Roedner Sutter said.

From Los Angeles Times

The message was largely that JPMorgan plans to stay the course.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We remain Buy with a $133 price target and believe patient investors will be handsomely rewarded if they just stay the course,” Guggenheim’s John DiFucci and Lawrence Vensko wrote in a research note Friday.

From Barron's

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