All persist synonyms
perΒ·sist
P p 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.