Hold Out

Definition: Hold Out

Hold Out

Verb

1. Extend out and forward, as of a limb; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand".

2. Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.

3. Last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years".

4. Wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses".

5. Continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "The legend of Elvis lives on"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

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Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Hold Out

Affirmation

Put forth, put forward; advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend.

Courage

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; (persevere) a.

Offer

Verb: offer, proffer, present, tender; bid; propose, move; make a motion, make advances; start; invite, hold out, place in one's way, put forward.

Perseverance

Verb: 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; (work); continue; follow up; die in harness, die at one's post.

Resistance

Verb: resist; not submit; 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.

Time

Verb: continue last endure, go on, remain, persist; intervene; elapse; hold out.

Crosswords: Hold Out

Hold out your hand, Frodo. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Women want to have sex, like, y'know, fifteen minutes after us, so alright, if you hold out for twenty she'll be chasing you for five. (The Tao of Steve; writing credit: Duncan North; Greer Goodman)

Hey why don't you hold out your hand when you're making a left turn? (The Flintstones; writing credit: R.S. Allen; Sam Bobrick)

We can't hold out forever Kup, but we can give them one humongous repair bill! (The Transformers: The Movie; writing credit: Ron Friedman)

I hold out my hands and I touch love (When I Need You; performing artist: Leo Sayer)

I just hold out my hand (When I Need You; performing artist: Leo Sayer)

It's cold out but hold out and do like I do (When I Need You; performing artist: Leo Sayer)

I tell myself that I can't hold OUT forever. (Can't Fight This Feeling; performing artist: REO Speedwagon)

Some folks can't hold out that long (Heartache Tonight; performing artist: The Eagles)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Alpine ballad ; Hold out till dawn (reference)

• Hold Out Our Hearts (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Hold Out (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

They could not hold out a quarter of an hour in that storm of grape.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "hold out": hold out a carrot to smb. ♦ hold out against ♦ hold out an olive branch to smb. ♦ hold out for ♦ hold out on ♦ hold out on smb. ♦ hold out the olive branch ♦ hold out the prospect ♦ To hold out ♦ to hold out an olive branch. Additional references.

Albanian

zgjatoj (elongate, lengthen, linger, prolong, protract, reach), zgjat (delay, elongate, extend, last, lengthen, let down, linger, postpone, prolong, protract, reach, reach out, spread, stretch, telescope), vazhdon (hold, last, persist, progress, wear on), shtrij (drape, elongate, expand, push, reach, recline, roll, spread, spread on, stretch, unfold), rezistoj (dispute, endure, fend, rebel, rebuff, resist, tolerate, withstand), qëndroj (be, endure, fend, remain, set, settle, sit, stand, stay, stop), ofroj (bid, contribute, hold forth, offer, tender), mban (bite, hold, last). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قاوم (combat, counter, fight, hold, hold one's own, oppose, protest against, resist, set one's face against, stand, struggle, withstand), ‏تحمل (afford, bear, bear up, bearing, decamp, defray, endure, firmness, have smb. over, incur, last, lump it, mizzle, pocket, put up with, see, stand, stick, stick it out, stomach, suffer, support, sustain, tighten, tolerate, undergo), ‏عرض (array, bid, breadth, broaden, demo, display, evince, exhibit, expose, exposition, exposure, feature, hang, hang out, imply, indication, introduction, lineup, mount, offer, offering, overture, pageant, parade, predispose, present, presentation, presenting, produce, proffer, propound, recital, retrace, review, set, set out, setting, show, state, statement, subject, submit, surrey, symptom, trot out, widen, width), ‏صمد (bear up, endure, hold, hold at bay, hold one's ground, hold one's own, hold out against, keep, last out, outlive, resist, stand one's ground, stand the strain, stick it out, withstand), ‏صبر على, ‏إقترح (approach, offer, propose, proposition, put, slate, submit, suggest, vote), ‏أمسك بأنفاسه. (various references)

Bulgarian 

подавам (feed, hand, lay, pass, pitch, prefer, present, reach, supply, tender, thrust out), издържам (endure, fend for, hold, hold on, keep, last, maintain, pass, receive, stand, subsist, support, sustain, take, wear out, withstand), давам (accommodate, accord, adduce, administer, afford, allow, award, bring forth, commit, confer, delegate, dig up, endow, gave, give, give in, given, grant, hand out, hold, kick in, pass, pay, present, produce, put up, render, send, set, show). (various references)

Chinese 

伸手 (ask sb for something, hold out hand). (various references)

Czech

vytrvat (hang on, hold on, persevere, persist, press on, soldier on), vydržet (bear, endure, hold on, last, spin out, stand, stay, stick it out, stomach, sustain, take, tolerate, undergo, withstand), snášet (bear, suffer, support, tolerate, undergo). (various references)

Danish

hold out. (various references)

Dutch

vulkracht. (various references)

Finnish

pitävyys, läpäisemättömyys. (various references)

French

tenir le coup. (various references)

German

hinreichen (be enough, hand, pass, stretch, suffice), hinhalten (mess about, mess around, muck about, muck around, play along, put off, stall, stave off, to delay), vorstrecken (advance, put out, stretch forward, stretch out, thrust out), sich halten (abide by, bear, bear up, carry oneself, control oneself, hang on, hold, hold on, hold oneself, keep, last, linger, obey, save, stay, stick), reichen (accomplish, achieve, administer, attain, be enough, carry, extend, get, give, hand, hand over, last, pass, range, reach, rich, serve, stretch, suffice, wealthy), nicht nachgeben, machen (achieve, act, be, Bob, boulder, carry out, cause, contract, cook, creates, creating, do, fix, get, give, go, go on, have, make, makes, making, matter, offer, open up, perform, play, produce, proffer, pull down, put, put down, put out, render, take, to make, volunteer, win), Füllkraft, durchhalten (hold on, keep up, last out, persevere, sit trough, stay, stick it out, survive, to keep up, withstand), bieten (bid, bidden, bidding, give, grant, hold forth, introduce, lay on, offer, present, provide, show, tender, to offer, to provide), ausstrecken (elongation, extend, outstretch, put out, stick out, strech out, stretch out, thrust out, to outstretch, to reach out, to stretch), aushalten (abide, bear, born, borne, carry out, endure, hold on, perseverance, persevere, persist, put up with, sit trough, stand, suffer, survive, sustain, take, to endure, to hold out, to sustain, withstand). (various references)

Greek 

αντέχω (abide, bear, bear up, endure, resist, stand, stay, wear, withstand). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"ושיט (offer, reach, tender), ל�"חזיק מעמ�" (bear up, endure, hold ones ground, hold one's own, keep up, last out, stand, stand for, stick it out, sustain, weather), ל�"ציע (offer, proffer, propose, submit, suggest, supply, tender, unfold). (various references)

Hungarian

kinyújt (protrude, put out, reach, roll out, to dilate, to draw out, to elongate, to hold out, to lengthen, to protrude, to put out, to roll out, to stretch), kecsegtet (allure, to entice, to flatter), biztat (encourage, reassure, to hold out, to reassure, to root for), ígér (bid, promise, to bid, to covenant, to hold out, to promise, to vow). (various references)

Indonesian

arih. (various references)

Italian

resistere (endure, hung on, last, resist, sit, stand, stand out, stay, weather, withstand). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

踏�"張る (to brace one's legs, to hold out, to persist, to plant oneself, to stand firm, to straddle), 踏み止まる (to give up, to hold one's ground, to hold out, to remain, to stay on, to stop), 踏み� �える (to hold out, to stand firm), 持ち� �える (to hold out), 持� �える (to hold out), 手�'差し伸べる (to extend one's arm, to hold out one's hand), 差し伸べる (to extend, to hold out, to reach out for, to stretch, to thrust), 差し出す (to hold out, to present, to submit, to tender), 差し延べる (to extend or hold out one's hand). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さしのべる (to extend, to extend or hold out one's hand, to hold out, to reach out for, to stretch, to thrust), さし� す (to hold out, to present, to submit, to tender), ふ�"ばる (to brace one's legs, to hold out, to persist, to plant oneself, to stand firm, to straddle), ふみ�"たえる (to hold out, to stand firm), ふみとどまる (to give up, to hold one's ground, to hold out, to remain, to stay on, to stop), もち�"たえる (to hold out), て�'さしのべる (to extend one's arm, to hold out one's hand). (various references)

Manx

sheeyney magh (attenuate, attenuation, distend, distention, expand, expansion, extend, fork out, lengthen, pass round, prolong, protract, protraction, push out, put out, reach, stretch out, unfold, unfold as landscape), shassoo (attitude, erection, halt; keeping, hold, hold up, rampant, represent, stance, stand, standing, stop, tumescence), cummal magh (endure, hold off, maintain, survive). (various references)

Pig Latin

oldhay outay

Portuguese

resistir (antagonize, bear up, buck, confront, defy, resist, stand up to, withstand), prometer (affiance, make a promise, promise, vow), oferecer (bid, dedicate, donate, extend, give, hold forth, introduce, make an offer of, offer, perform, ply, proffer, put on the stage, tender), manter-se firme (adhere, hold on, hold one's ground, persevere, persist), esticar (draw out, screw, spread, strain, strech, stretch, string, tauten, tighten), estender (broaden, deploy, extend, flummox, hang out, lay, lengthen, proffer, prolong, put forth, spread, spread out, strech out, stretch, uncoil, unroll, widen), ag�entar (hold back, hold up), "hold out". (various references)

Romanian

rezista (bear, come through, fend, hold, hold fast, hold up, keep, live, resist, stand, stand against, stay, stem, strive, withstand), dura (build, continue, hold, keep, last, make, stand). (various references)

Russian 

не сдаваться, протягивать (extend, hold forth, reach, stretch), предлагать (hold forth, offer, propose, proposing, suggest, suggesting, suggests, tender, tout). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

odoleti (overcome, resist), izdržati (bear up, face it out, resist, stand, stick it out, weather, withstand). (various references)

Spanish

Hold out, tender sobre (draw, hang out, thrust out), resistir (bear, bear up, bear up against, discourage, endure, fight, hang on, hang out, hold, hold on, last, last out, oppose, react, resist, stay, stick, withstand), ofrecer (bargain, bid, come through with, come up with, extend, feature, give, hand around, hand round, hold, improve on, introduce, let out, light, make an offer of, offer, offer up, present, present with, proffer, put on the stage, put up, sacrifice, team, tender, throw, throw up, tout, trade in, up, yield), ocultar (blot out, blur out, Bury, cache, cloak, conceal, cover, dissemble, fade, Harbor, harbour, hide, hide away, hold back, keep back, keep from, mask, occult, secrete, shroud, slur, slur over, tuck away), no acceder, extender (carry, draw, draw up, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, issue, lay, lay down, lay out, make bigger, make out, obtrude, open, open out, open up, overblow, prolong, put forth, put out, renew, spread, spread out, stretch, stretch out, string out, unfold, unfurl, widen, write out), durar (continue, endure, hold up, keep on, last, last out, linger, live out), capacidad de sobre superficie absorbente, alargar (accord, convey, draw out, drop, dwell on, elongate, extend, give, hand, hand over, lengthen, let down, pass, protract, put forth, put out, reach, spend, spin out, strech out, throw out, touch), aguantar (abide, acquiesce, bear, Brook, endure, hang out, hold on, keep, last out, persevere, put up, put up with, ride out, sit down under, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, take, tolerate, wear, weather). (various references)

Swedish

uppbärningsförmåga, sträcka fram (obtrude), stå bi. (various references)

Turkish

yeterli olmak (get along, suffice), vâât etmek (commit, covenant, give one's word, pledge, promise), uzatmak (augment, belabor, belabour, continue, drag out, draw out, eke out, elongate, enlarge, extend, grow, hand, hold over, lengthen, outstretch, pad out, pass, prolong, protract, pull out, rack, reach, renew, repose on, sidestep, span, spin out, sprawl out, spread, stand over, stick, stick out, stretch, stretch out, turn to, wiredraw), tanıtmak (acquaint, familiarize, introduce, present), direnmek (fight back, hold up, jib, jib at doing, make a stand for, offer resistance, persevere, refuse, resist, stand, stand out, stand out against, stick up to, withstand), dayanmak (abut, be based on, be predicated on, bear up, bear up against, bear with, Brook, consist, endure, found, go on, ground, hang, hang on, hinge on, hold, hold on, hold one's own, hold up, last, lean, lean upon, offer resistance, osculate, put up with, rely on, rely upon, repose, repose on, resist, rest, rest against, root in, stand, stand on, stand the racket, stand up, stand upon, stay, stick, stick it, stick out, survive, sweat out, take, take it, thole, tolerate, trace, wear, withstand), boyun eğmemek, ümit vermek (prospect), ısrar etmek (be urgent about smth., claim, crowd, hang on, insist, persist, stand on, stand out for, stand upon, stick to it, support, urge). (various references)

Ukrainian

обіцяти (bid fair, bode, promise), простягати (outstretch, put out, spread, stretch out), пропонувати (appoint, charge, hold forth, offer, proffer, propose, put, put forward, set forward, set up, suggest, tender, volunteer). (various references)

insustentabilis, intendatis, intende, intendebant, intendebat, intendens, intendentes, intendere, intenderent, intenderunt, intendet, intendisset, intendit, intendite, intenditis, intendunt, intenta, intentae, intente, obduro, ostenta, ostentantem, ostentantes, praebeo, praebeo, prebeo, praesentem, praesentes, sustenta, sustentabant, sustentabat, sustentabatur, sustentanda, sustentans, sustentare, sustentaret, sustentas, sustentat, sustentata, sustentate, sustentatione, sustentationes, sustentato, sustentatur, sustentatus, sustentavit, sustentavitque, sustentent, sustentet, sustentor. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: holdout.

-2 letters: outdo.

-3 letters: dolt, doth, hold, holt, hood, hoot, loot, loth, loud, lout, thou, thud, told, tolu, tool.

-4 letters: dol, dot, duh, duo, hod, hot, hut, loo, lot, oho, old, ooh, oot, oud, out, tho, tod, too, udo.

-5 letters: do, ho, lo, od, oh, to, uh, ut.

+1 letter: holdouts.

+2 letters: adulthood, loudmouth, lustihood, outhowled.

+3 letters: adulthoods, clothbound, loudmouths, lustihoods.

+4 letters: buttonholed, foulmouthed, loudmouthed.

+5 letters: closemouthed, hemodilution, thousandfold, unorthodoxly.