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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; ... show more

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.    ... show more

Roget 535: assert; make an assertion etc. n.; have one's say; say, affirm, predicate, declare, state; protest, profess.    put forth, ... show more

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, ... show more

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, ... show more

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, ... show more

Dutch: handhaven, leven, overblijven, overleven, trotseren, voortbestaan, voortduren, voortleven


Moby thesaurus: abide, balk, be proof against, be unflappable, be unmoved, be unwilling, bear up, bear up against, beg off, bide, boycott, carry on, come up fighting, continue, continue to be, decline, decline to accept, defeat time, defy, defy time ... show more.

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