die hard
If a belief or way of behaving dies hard, it takes a long time to disappear, and is not given up easily:
Old habits die hard.
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diehard
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lasting for a long time
- all-night
- ancient
- be going strong idiom
- changeless
- deep
- drawn-out
- epic
- languish
- lasting
- lengthy
- lingering
- long-drawn-out
- marathon
- never-ending
- of old idiom
- old
- ongoing
- overlong
- strong
- sustainable
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