>>21388071 pb
re: recent Titanic COMs
Staying the course means seeing things through to the bitter end, for which the antonym is giving up.
Stay the course is a set phrase meaning to persevere in what you are doing. … Wikipedia suggests that theidiom originally comes from a ship remaining on its course(direction of travel).
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