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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

... that the benefits of these regulations are somewhat narrowed by confining them to articles brought hither in French or American bottoms. But they will consider that nothing in these instruments moves from us. The advantages they hold out are all given by this country to us, and the givers will modify their gifts as they please. I suppose it to be a determined principle of this court not to suffer our carrying business, so far as their consumption ...

— The Writings of Thomas Jefferson - Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) • Thomas Jefferson

... volleys followed in quick succession from either side, while high and clear above the terrible din of battle, rose the war-whoop of savages and the wild cheers of the Kentuckians. That little band, unprotected as it was, could not long hold out against overwhelming numbers. The sun rose over the bleak woods, and, after a short fight of twenty minutes, Winchester ordered Wells to fall back and gain the enclosures ...

— Sustained honor - The Age of Liberty Established • John R. Musick,

... least from falling into the snares of a seducer, and consequently began paying particular attention to the maidservants and the fateful 'back stairs'—though, on the other hand, I often spent whole nights in dreaming with what touching magnanimity I would one day hold out a hand to the betrayed victim and say to her, 'The traitor has deceived thee; but I am thy true friend ... let us forget the past and be happy!'—when sudden and glad tidings overspread the whole town. The marshal ...

— The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories • Ivan Turgenev

... get for waking Frank up so soon. Oh! why didn't I hold out a little while longer? Nothing ever happens when I'm on duty, it seems. I must be a Jonah, that's what!" sighed ...

— The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf • Captain Quincy Allen

... read, no doubt, about some little force in North-West India, hemmed in by enemies. They may well hold out resolutely and hopefully when they know that three relieving armies are converging upon their stronghold. And we, too, know that our Emperor is coming to raise the siege. We may well stand fast with such a prospect. We may well work at our own sanctifying when we know that our Lord Himself—like ...

— Expositions Of Holy Scripture - Volume I: St. Luke, Chaps. I to XII • Alexander Maclaren

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