| hang around(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, settle) |
| hang in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, settle) |
| hard as nails(expression, adjective, idiom, tough, firm) |
| hold the line(verb, expression, adjective, idiom, tough) |
| incompliant(adjective, tough, firm, fixed, distant) |
| inelastic(adjective, tough, firm, fixed, distant) |
| inexorable(adjective, tough, firm, fixed, distant) |
| intractable(adjective, tough, firm, fixed, distant) |
| lag(verb, stop, settle, delay, continue) |
| live(verb, stop, continue, stay, endure) |
| locked in(expression, adjective, tough, firm, distant) |
| loiter(verb, stop, settle, continue, last) |
| outstay(verb, stop, settle, delay, continue) |
| procrastinate(verb, stop, settle, delay, continue) |
| put down roots(verb, expression, idiom, stop, settle) |
| remain(verb, stop, settle, continue, stay) |
| reserved(adjective, tough, firm, fixed, distant) |
| resolute(adjective, tough, firm, fixed, distant) |
| respite(verb, stop, settle, delay, continue) |
| rest(verb, stop, continue, stay, endure) |