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11Hold Out — Infobox Album | Name = Hold Out Type = Album Artist = Jackson Browne Released = June 24, 1980 Recorded = 1979 Genre = Rock Length = 37:48 Label = Asylum Producer = Jackson Browne, Greg Ladanyi Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2|5… …
12hold out — Synonyms and related words: abide, balk, be proof against, be unflappable, be unmoved, be unwilling, bear up, bear up against, beg off, bide, boycott, carry on, come up fighting, continue, continue to be, decline, decline to accept, defeat time,… …
13hold out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you hold out your hand or something you have in your hand, you move your hand away from your body, for example to shake hands with someone. [V P n (not pron)] I m Nancy Drew, she said, holding out her hand... [V P n (not pron)] …
14hold out on — phrasal 1. : to withhold something from she didn t tell me she was rich; she s been holding out on me 2. : to withhold a part or the whole of threatened to hold out on his sister s dividends if she didn t pose Fortune * * * hold out on (informal) …
15hold out on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hold out on : present tense I/you/we/they hold out on he/she/it holds out on present participle holding out on past tense held out on past participle held out on informal hold out on someone/something to not… …
16hold out — 1. to continue to defend yourself without being defeated. The city won t be able to hold out much longer against the bombing attacks. 2. to continue to demand something in a determined way. The factory workers are holding out for a pay increase.… …
17hold·out — /ˈhoʊldˌaʊt/ noun, pl outs [count] 1 a : a person who refuses to reach an agreement until certain terms are met : a person who holds out He says he might be a holdout at the start of the next season if the team doesn t agree to pay him more. 1 b …
18hold out — phr verb Hold out is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑supply, ↑weather Hold out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arm, ↑carrot, ↑hand, ↑lifeline, ↑promise …
19hold out — verb Date: circa 1556 intransitive verb 1. to remain unsubdued or unyielding < where 30 of the…refugees were still holding out Anna Tomforde >; also to continue to function or be available ; last < prayed that the engine would hold out > < as… …
20hold-out — someone who refuses to give something up, a non conformist He was the last hold out in our effort to make sure that everyone wore a necktie to work …
