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hold out
verb
1 hold out
Thrust or extend out.
synonyms: exsert, extend, put out, stretch forth, stretch out.
Roget 861:
be courageous
etc.
adj.;
dare,
venture,
make bold;
face danger,
front danger,
affront danger,
confront danger,
brave danger,
defy danger,
despise danger,
mock danger;
look in the face;
look full in the face,
look boldly in the face,
look danger in the face;
face;
meet,
meet in front;
brave,
beard;
defy
etc.
715.
take courage,
muster courage,
summon up courage,
pluck up courage;
nerve oneself,
take heart;
take heart,
pluck up heart of grace;
hold up one's head,
screw one's courage to the sticking place;
come up to scratch;
stick to one's guns,
standfire†,
stand against;
bear up,
bear up against;
hold out
etc.
(persevere)
604.1.
put a bold face upon;
show a bold front,
present a bold front;
show fight;
face the music.
bell the cat,
take the bull by the horns,
beard the lion in his den,
march up to the cannon's mouth,
go through fire and water,
run the gantlet.
give courage,
infuse courage,
inspire courage;
reassure,
encourage,
embolden,
inspirit,
cheer,
nerve,
put upon one's mettle,
rally,
raise a rallying cry;
pat on the back,
make a man of. ,
keep in countenance.
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Roget 763:
offer,
proffer,
present,
tender;
bid;
propose,
move;
make a motion,
make advances;
start;
invite,
hold out,
place in one's way,
put forward.
hawk about;
offer for sale
etc.
796;
press
etc.
(request)
765;
lay at one's feet.
offer oneself,
present oneself;
volunteer,
come forward,
be a candidate;
stand for,
bid for;
seek;
be at one's service;
go a begging;
bribe
etc.
(give)
784.
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Roget 535:
assert;
make an assertion
etc.
n.;
have one's say;
say,
affirm,
predicate,
declare,
state;
protest,
profess.
put forth,
put forward;
advance,
allege,
propose,
propound,
enunciate,
broach,
set forth,
hold out,
maintain,
contend,
pronounce,
pretend.
depose,
depone,
aver,
avow,
avouch,
asseverate,
swear;
make oath,
take one's oath;
make an affidavit,
swear an affidavit,
put in an affidavit;
take one's Bible oath,
kiss the book,
vow,
vitam impendere vero [Lat.];
swear till one is black in the face,
swear till one is blue in the face,
swear till all's blue;
be sworn,
call Heaven to witness;
vouch,
warrant,
certify,
assure,
swear by bell book and candle.
swear by
etc.
(believe)
484;
insist upon,
take one's stand upon;
emphasize,
lay stress on;
assert roundly,
assert positively;
lay down,
lay down the law;
raise one's voice,
dogmatize,
have the last word;
rap out;
repeat;
reassert,
reaffirm.
announce
etc.
(information)
527;
acknowledge
etc.
(assent)
488;
attest
etc.
(evidence)
467;
adjure
etc.
(put to one's oath)
768.
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Roget 106:
continue last endure,
go on,
remain,
persist;
intervene;
elapse
etc.
109;
hold out.
take time,
take up time,
fill time,
occupy time.
pass time,
pass away time,
spend time,
while away time,
consume time,
talk against time;
tide over;
use time,
employ time;
seize an opportunity
etc.
134;
waste time
etc.
(be inactive)
683.
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Dutch: achterhouden
2 hold out
Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.
synonyms: resist, stand firm, withstand.
Roget 719:
resist;
not submit
etc.
725;
repugn†,
reluct,
reluctate†,
withstand;
stand up against,
strive against,
bear up under,
bear up against,
be proof against,
make head against;
stand,
stand firm,
stand one's ground,
stand the brunt of,
stand out;
hold one's grounds,
hold one's own,
hold out,
hold firm.
breast the wave,
breast the current;
stem the tide,
stem the torrent;
face,
confront,
grapple with;
show a bold front
etc.
(courage)
861;
present a front;
make a stand,
take one's stand.
kick,
kick against;
recalcitrate†,
kick against the pricks;
oppose
etc.
708;
fly in the face of;
lift the hand against
etc.
(attack)
716;
rise up in arms
etc.
(war)
722;
strike,
turn out;
draw up a round robin
etc.
(remonstrate)
932;
revolt
etc.
(disobey)
742;
make a riot.
prendre le mors aux dents [Fr.],
take the bit between the teeth;
sell one's life dearly,
die hard,
keep at bay;
repel,
repulse.
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Dutch: kanten, keren, roeren, vechten, verweren, verzetten, weren
3 hold out
Last and be usable.
synonyms: endure, wear.
Dutch: meegaan
4 hold out
Wait uncompromisingly for something desirable.
5 hold out
Continue to live and avoid dying.
synonyms: endure, go, hold up, last, live, live on, survive.
Roget 604a:
persevere,
persist;
hold on,
hold out;
die in the last ditch,
be in at the death;
stick to,
cling to,
adhere to;
stick to one's text,
keep on;
keep to one's course,
keep to one's ground,
maintain one's course,
maintain one's ground;
go all lengths,
go through fire and water;
bear up,
keep up,
hold up;
plod;
stick to work
etc.
(work)
686;
continue
etc.
143;
follow up;
die in harness,
die at one's post.
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Dutch: handhaven, leven, overblijven, overleven, trotseren, voortbestaan, voortduren, voortleven
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