📖 Definitions of "Hold out"
verb
- 1
To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward.
"He held out his hand, and I grabbed it."
- 2
To offer, present (a hope, possibility, opportunity etc.)
"The prospectus held out the promise of enormous profits to be made."
- 3
(often with for) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.)
"How long has he been holding out?"
- 4
To survive, endure.
"How long can they hold out without water?"
noun
- 1
One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out; one who clings to a cause that has been mostly abandoned.
- 2
A device for cheating at card games by covertly holding a card out of play until it is wanted.
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