stick to one's post
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[edit]Verb
[edit]stick to one's post (third-person singular simple present sticks to one's post, present participle sticking to one's post, simple past and past participle stuck to one's post)
- To remain in a position, especially in a critical situation.
- 1886, Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, page 162:
- "You are old, William Ewart," the young man cried,
"And life must be fleeting away,
Yet you stick to your post, and refuse to take rest;
Now, what is your reason I pray?"
- 1944 November and December, “Notes and News: Bufferstop Collisions in Northern Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 370:
- The driver and fireman jumped clear, but the guard, who stuck to his post, was badly shaken.