HOLD OUT Definition & Meaning

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hold out

verb

tr to offer or present
intr to last or endure
intr to continue to resist or stand firm, as a city under siege or a person refusing to succumb to persuasion
to withhold (something due or expected)
hold out for
to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
hold out on informal.
to delay in or keep from telling (a person) some new or important information

noun

a person, country, organization, etc, that continues to resist or refuses to change
Honecker was one of the staunchest holdouts against reform
a person, country, organization, etc, that declines to cooperate or participate
they remain the only holdouts to signing the accord

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"There's no point continuing to fight any more. Life is precious," he said, holding out an olive branch the size of a small palace.

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Will the weather hold out for this weekend's VE Day 80th anniversary commemorations?

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Children line up for charity meals holding out plastic containers.

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Sheedy missed a late drop goal and penalty.in a tense climax but Cardiff, who have now lost just one of their last six at home, held out for the win.

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For MAGA, women being carefree is worse than genocide, so this video is being held out as evidence that Trump destroying the economy is necessary, if only to put these ladies in their place.

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