hill to die on

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Anissuetopursuewith awholeheartedconvictionor asingle-mindedfocus, with little or no regard to the cost and no intent ofequivocationorcompromise.2006, Cate Dermody,The Firebird Deception, Silhouette Books, published2006,→ISBN,page113:"I'm sorry, Alisha. I can't overrule the European director's decision to move you out of her arena. This isn't ahill to die on.[…]2009, Kevin Leman,Under the Sheets: The Secrets to Hot Sex in Your Marriage, Revell, published2009,→ISBN,page179:Is correct laundry folding really ahill to die on?2010, Deborah Smith Pegues, Ricky Temple,Why Smart People Make Dumb Choices, Harvest House Publishers, published2010,→ISBN,page49:Though I simply apologized and told him his ranting wasn't necessary. He made a bad decision. I made a good one. As livid as I was, I realized this situation was not ahill to die on.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:hill to die on.

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