Brewer's: Stand to his Guns

(To). To persist in a statement; not to give way. A military phrase.

“The Speaker said he hoped the gallant gentleman would try to modify his phrase; but Colonel Saunderson still stood to his guns.” —Daily Graphic, 3rd February, 1893.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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