dig in heels

dig in your heels

also dig your heels in

to refuse to change what you believe is right or what you want to happen Be firm on important issues, but do not dig in your heels at every opportunity.

dig in (one's) heels

To resist opposition stubbornly; refuse to yield or compromise.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lital	-	Hebrew
Fionnghuala	-	Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Gioconda	jo-KON-dah	Italian
Dorotheos	-	Greek, Late Greek
Staley	['steili]
Roman	rah-MAHN (Russian), RAW-mahn (Polish)	Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovene, Croatian, German