digs in one's heels
Won't budge anymore
To dig in one's heels is to refuse to change position or yield, like a stubborn animal bracing against being led forward.
The phrase suggests obstinate resistance to pressure or persuasion: Management dug in their heels on the wage increase.
Someone who digs in their heels won't budge regardless of arguments or appeals.
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- stand one's groundRefuse to back down
- hold firmMaintain one's position
- hold the lineMaintain current position
defiance · immovability · doggedness · stick to one's guns · stand firm · persistence · conviction · determination · resolve · self-righteousness · put one's foot down · tenacity · dead set against · rigidity · unyieldingness · draw a line in the sand · hill to die on · ego
digs in one's heelsyields
Gives forth results
gives in · relents · capitulates · caves · caves in
digs in one's heelscompromises
Settlements through mutual concession
concedes · cooperates · accommodates · agrees to disagree · picks one's battles
digs in one's heelsmoves forward
Progresses in direction faced
presses on · advances · proceeds · goes with the flow · takes the plunge
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