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Hold out

verb

Thrust or extend out. Synonyms: exsert, extend, put out, stretch forth, stretch out. "Point a finger" , "Extend a hand" , "The bee exserted its sting"

Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something. Synonyms: resist, stand firm, withstand.

Last and be usable. Synonyms: endure, wear.

Wait uncompromisingly for something desirable.

Continue to live through hardship or adversity. Synonyms: endure, go, hold up, last, live, live on, survive. "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America" , "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents" , "How long can a person last without food and water?"

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"Hold out" Quotes from Famous Books

... Stuart and his followers; and to contract the obligation of maintaining jointly with Spain the protector in the government of the three kingdoms. Cromwell listened, but gave no answer; he appointed commissioners to discuss the proposal, but forbade them to make any promise, or to hold out any hope of his acquiescence. When Don Alonzo communicated to them the draft of a treaty which he had all but concluded with the deputies appointed by the late parliament, ...

— The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans - to the Accession of King George the Fifth - Volume 8 • John Lingard and Hilaire Belloc

... thing is to decide among yourselves just what kind of court it is to be. There are three kinds: grass, clay, and corn-meal. In Maine, gravel courts are also very popular. Father will usually hold out for a grass court because it gives a slower bounce to the ball and Father isn't so quick on the bounce as he used to be. All Mother insists on is plenty of headroom. Junior and Myrtis will want a clay one because ...

— Love Conquers All • Robert C. Benchley

... very little time, and has not been here this morning; he may pout if he pleases, but I flatter myself we shall hold out the longest. ...

— The History of Emily Montague • Frances Brooke

... of Vienna, which they had invested, they gathered in increased force about our devoted town, and on the fifteenth of July attacked us with such fury on every side that, seeing it was no longer possible to hold out against them, partly from their great numbers, and partly from our failing of powder; and, moreover, seeing that they had already set fire to the town in several places, we were compelled to seek shelter with our goods and chattels in the church and fortress, ...

— A Tramp's Wallet - stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France • William Duthie

... laughable to read the forecasts in the papers at home, and that it was only now that England was realising how enormous the task before her was, and that the war will continue till both sides are just about played out, but there can be no doubt of our ability to hold out longest. ...

— The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" • George Davidson

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