sticks to one's guns

A form of stick to one's guns — Of a gunner, to persist in faithfully attending to cannons while under fire.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of stick to one's guns
Cite this entry
APA

sticks to one's guns. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticks%20to%20one's%20guns

MLA

“sticks to one's guns.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticks%20to%20one's%20guns. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sticks to one's guns,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticks%20to%20one's%20guns.

Source: sticks to one's guns on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.