Definition of "hold out" []

To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward. (verb)
To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.) (verb)
To survive, endure. (verb)
To withhold something. (verb)
To set something aside or save it for later. (verb)

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Use "hold out" in a sentence

"The Emperor and his advisers decided to go and besiege the Sultan in the castle of Emessa, for they supposed that he could scarcely hold out long, seeing the number of followers that he had lost."
"I gave her a shilling: she put it into an old stocking-foot which she took out of her pocket, and having tied it round and returned it, she told me to hold out my hand."
"Mr. Robinson undertakes it will hold out that Qty, & believes within the Bounds there will be found a hundred or two hundred"

Words like "hold out"

extend endure resist

wear withstand stretch out

stand firm exsert put out

stretch forth