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All persist synonyms

perΒ·sist
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verb persist

  • live down β€” to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
  • bivouac β€” A bivouac is a temporary camp made by soldiers or mountain climbers.
  • life β€” the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
  • brazes β€” to unite (metal objects) at high temperatures by applying any of various nonferrous solders.
  • glueing β€” Present participle of glue; obsolete spelling of gluing.
  • go on β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • carry on β€” If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
  • bivouacked β€” a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
  • hold to β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • hold one's ground β€” the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
  • come and go β€” to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
  • go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • bivouacking β€” a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
  • hunt down β€” to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
  • lay down the law β€” the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
  • continue β€” If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
  • hold true β€” If a general statement holds true in particular circumstances, or if your previous statement holds true in different circumstances, it is true or valid in those circumstances.
  • get there β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • fight β€” a battle or combat.
  • go for broke β€” a simple past tense of break.
  • live β€” to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
  • go all the way β€” manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • live on β€” to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
  • go to town β€” a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
  • hang in β€” to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • hold over β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • gluing β€” a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
  • lasted β€” to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
  • hang out β€” to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • hards β€” not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
  • hang on β€” the way in which a thing hangs.
  • make a comeback β€” popular again
  • be β€” You use be with a present participle to form the continuous tenses of verbs.
  • get with it β€” (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
  • make headway β€” forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
  • do one's thing β€” a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
  • chivy β€” to harass or nag
  • be-have β€” to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
  • live out β€” residing away from the place of one's employment: a live-out cook.
  • get through β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • live through β€” experience or endure
  • carry through β€” If you carry something through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties.
  • go in for β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • endure β€” Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
  • birddog β€” one of any of various breeds of dogs trained to hunt or retrieve birds.
  • leave no stone unturned β€” the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
  • come through β€” To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it.
  • insist β€” to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
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