HOLDOUT Definition & Meaning

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[hohld-out]

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an act or instance of holding out.
a person who delays signing a contract in hopes of gaining more favorable terms.
The basketball star was a holdout until they offered more money.
a person who declines to participate, cooperate, agree, etc..
Aside from one or two holdouts, everyone contributed.

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Origin of holdout¹

First recorded in 1890–95; noun use of verb phrase hold out

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The montage took 10 months to create and one more, according to the filmmaker, to convince 14 holdouts to be part of it.

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The vote came hours after Trump met with GOP holdouts at the White House.

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Then, he decided to skip practice, thus unofficially becoming college football’s first holdout.

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Trump personally called some of the holdouts to encourage them to pass the bill, the two Republican leaders said.

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They are now supplying food and other necessities to fellow fire holdouts, and serving as couriers for dozens of others living outside the fire zone.

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