will; will of one's own, decision, resolution; backbone; clear grit,
true grit, grit [U.S.]; sand, strength of mind, strength of will;
resolve &c (intent) 620; firmness &c (stability) 150; energy,
manliness, vigor; game, pluck; resoluteness &c (courage) 861; zeal &c
682; aplomb; desperation; devotion, devotedness.
mastery over self; self control, self command, self possession,
self reliance, self government, self restraint, self conquest, self
denial; moral courage, moral strength; perseverance &c 604.1; tenacity;
obstinacy &c 606; bulldog; British lion.
V. have determination &c n.; know one's own mind; be resolved &c adj.;
make up one's mind, will, resolve, determine; decide &c (judgment) 480;
form a determination, come to a determination, come to a resolution,
come to a resolve; conclude, fix, seal, determine once for all, bring
to a crisis, drive matters to an extremity; take a decisive step &c
(choice) 609; take upon oneself &c (undertake) 676.
devote oneself to, give oneself up to; throw away the scabbard,
kick down the ladder, nail one's colors to the mast, set one's back
against the wall, set one's teeth, put one's foot down, take one's
stand; stand firm &c (stability) 150; steel oneself; stand no nonsense,
not listen to the voice of the charmer.
buckle to; buckle oneself put one's shoulder to the wheel, lay
one's shoulder to the wheel, set one's shoulder to the wheel; put one's
heart into; run the gauntlet, make a dash at, take the bull by the
horns; rush in medias res, plunge in medias res; go in for; insist
upon, make a point of; set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon.
stick at nothing, stop at nothing; make short work of &c
(activity) 682; not stick at trifles; go all lengths, go the limit
[Slang], go the whole hog; persist &c (persevere) 604.1; go through
fire and water, ride the tiger, ride in the whirlwind and direct the
storm.
Adj. resolved &c v.; determined; strong-willed, strong-minded; resolute
&c (brave) 861; self-possessed; decided, definitive, peremptory,
tranchant†; unhesitating, unflinching, unshrinking†; firm, iron, gritty
[U.S.], indomitable, game to the backbone; inexorable, relentless, not
to be shaken, not to be put down; tenax propositi [Lat.]; inflexible &c
(hard) 323; obstinate &c 606; steady &c (persevering) 604.1.
earnest, serious; set upon, bent upon, intent upon.
steel against, proof against; in utrumque paratus [Lat.].
Adv. resolutely &c adj.; in earnest, in good earnest; seriously, joking
apart, earnestly, heart and soul; on one's mettle; manfully, like a
man, with a high hand; with a strong hand &c (exertion) 686.
at any rate, at any risk, at any hazard, at any price, at any
cost, at any sacrifice; at all hazards, at all risks, at all events; a'
bis ou a blanc [Fr.]; cost what it may; coute [Fr.]; a tort et a
travers†; once for all; neck or nothing; rain or shine.
Phr. spes sibi quisque [Lat.]; celui qui veut celui-la peut [Fr.]; chi
non s'arrischia non guadagna [Fr.]; frangas non flectes [Lat.]; manu
forti [Lat.]; tentanda via est [Lat.].
604a. Perseverance — N. perseverance; continuance &c (inaction) 143;
permanence &c (absence of change) 141; firmness &c (stability) 150.
constancy, steadiness; singleness of purpose, tenacity of purpose;
persistence, plodding, patience; sedulity &c (industry) 682; pertinacy†,
pertinacity, pertinaciousness; iteration &c 104; bottom, game, pluck,
stamina, backbone, grit; indefatigability, indefatigableness; bulldog
courage.
V. persevere, persist; hold on, hold out; die in the last ditch, be in
at the death; stick to, cling to, adhere to; stick to one's text, keep
on; keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course,
maintain one's ground; go all lengths, go through fire and water; bear
up, keep up, hold up; plod; stick to work &c (work) 686; continue &c
143; follow up; die in harness, die at one's post.
Adj. persevering, constant; steady, steadfast; undeviating, unwavering,
unfaltering, unswerving, unflinching, unsleeping†, unflagging,
undrooping†; steady as time; unrelenting, unintermitting†, unremitting;
plodding; industrious &c 682; strenuous &c 686; pertinacious;
persisting, persistent.
solid, sturdy, staunch, stanch, true to oneself; unchangeable &c
150; unconquerable &c (strong) 159; indomitable, game to the last,
indefatigable, untiring, unwearied, never tiring.
Adv. through evil report and good report, through thick and thin,
through fire and water; per fas et nefas [Lat.]; without fail, sink or
swim, at any price, vogue la galere [Fr.].
Phr. never say die; give it the old college try; vestigia nulla
retrorsum [Lat.]; aut vincer aut mori [Lat.]; la garde meurt et ne se
rend pas [Fr.]; tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre [Fr.].