to continue to be enough or continue to exist
to continue to defend a place that is being attacked
to hold something where someone else can reach it
to say or show that something may or will happen
to think that something is likely to happen or succeed
For when Kettricken began to hold out her hand to say such an act was not necessary, Arkon thrust out his arm.
Gail held out her glass to be refilled.
How long will your money hold out?
I don’t hold out much hope that they’ll come.
I wonder whether her stamina will hold out.
Our windows were not broken, but the rotted wood frames and thin glass did not hold out the cold in the winter.
She had called him after her briefing session with Morgan, and had hated having to hold out on him.
She held out her hand to him.
She held out the possibility of prisoners being released.
Then, saying a silent prayer that his good torch would hold out, he started back the way they had come.
We can only hold out for a few more hours.
holds out
holding out
held out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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