hold firm

Meaning

1. hold firm (to sth)

   to believe sth strongly and not change your mind

   She held firm to her principles.

In the movies · 2

• Hold them! Stand firm!The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002
• To think that the boy that I helped to raise, the boy that I taught to hold a firm wrist behind a true point, has turned into a puppy!The Mark of Zorro1940

From the same entry

• be on firm ground
• a firm hand
• take a firm line
• stand fast
• firm up
• firm up