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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
Leaders in the country have dug in their heels, refusing a situation that results in anything less than a fully independent Greenland.
Shelton, 22, broke again for a 6-5 lead and served for the set but squandered two set points as Sinner dug in to force a tie-break.
England Test-capped bowler Josh Tongue supported Flintoff with five from 29 balls and Mitchell Stanley dug in for four from 27.
Many of the celebratory foods are cooked in a "pib" which is the traditional earthen oven dug in the ground and lined with rocks and coals.
Adamant that Lance had done nothing wrong, Carter dug in his heels and publicly told his friend, “Bert, I’m proud of you.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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