踏み止まる

ふみとどまる
to stay on
to remain
to hold out
to stop (doing)
to give up
to hold one's ground

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ふみとどまる【踏み止まる】

**stay

|自|残る

*remain

|自|残る《◆ stay より堅い語》

He remained there and fought for freedom. 彼はそこに踏みとどまって自由のために戦った.

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ふみと(ど)まる【踏み止まる】

stand [hold] one's ground 《against…》; hold one's own; make a stand 《against…》; hold on; 〔地位に〕 stay on [remain] in office.

●踏み止まって敵を防ぐ make a stand against the enemy

・最後まで踏み止まる hold one's ground [own] to the end; hold out to the last.

●あくまで踏み止まる決心だ. We are determined to stick to our guns to the bitter end.

・彼女の今年のランキングは 9 位と下がったが, かろうじてベスト 10 に踏み止まった. Her ranking fell to ninth this year but she just managed to stay within the top ten.

・自殺を考えたが, どたん場で踏み止まった. I thought of suicide, but held back at the last moment.