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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Robin says she's trying to hold out hope, but she worries the economic turmoil will affect her and her family.

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Rafa is still holding out hope of moving to the U.S.

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Barghouti, who observed the innovation integral to survival in Gaza during the genocide, is not alone in agreeing with that assessment while also holding out hope for the future.

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She said consumers could do so by "looking for special offers, comparing the price per gram or if you can, hold out until Easter Sunday when many of the eggs are likely to be reduced."

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Small businesses in retail and hospitality fearing the rises to National Insurance and the National Living Wage are holding out for some sort of alleviation of the pain.

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