プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ふみとどまる【踏み▲止まる】
❶〔残る〕stay
彼は社長の地位に踏みとどまるつもりだ
He is going to stay [remain] in office as president.
❷〔頑張る,固守する〕hold out to the last; hold one's ground [own] to the end
最後まで反戦論に[平和主義者として]踏みとどまった
He 「remained opposed to war [stood his ground as a pacifist] to the end.
❸〔思いとどまる〕
どなりつけようと思ったが踏みとどまった
I felt inclined to shout at him, but I 「held myself back [checked myself].