Hold+out
41hold out — {v. phr.} 1. To put forward; reach out; extend; offer. * /Mr. Ryan held out his hand in welcome./ * /The clerk held out a dress for Martha to try on./ * /The Company held out many fine promises to Jack in order to get him to work for them./ 2. To …
42hold out — {v. phr.} 1. To put forward; reach out; extend; offer. * /Mr. Ryan held out his hand in welcome./ * /The clerk held out a dress for Martha to try on./ * /The Company held out many fine promises to Jack in order to get him to work for them./ 2. To …
43hold\ out — v. phr. 1. To put forward; reach out; extend; offer. Mr. Ryan held out his hand in welcome. The clerk held out a dress for Martha to try on. The Company held out many fine promises to Jack in order to get him to work for them. 2. To keep… …
44hold out — verb a) To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward. I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled… …
45hold out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To offer] Syn. proffer, tempt with, grant; see give 1 , offer 1 . 2. [To endure] Syn. suffer, hold on, withstand, stick to one s guns*; see continue 1 , endure 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To be in existence or in a… …
46hold out — 1) the small band of weary soldiers held out until reinforcements arrived Syn: persist, last, remain; persevere, continue 2) Celia held out her hands Syn: extend, proffer, offer, present; outstretch, reach out …
47hold out — reach out, extend She held out her hand to help her daughter climb up the stairs …
48hold out on — Synonyms and related words: bosom, classify, conceal, file and forget, hold back, in petto, keep, keep back, keep between us, keep buttoned up, keep close, keep dark, keep from, keep in ignorance, keep mum, keep secret, keep snug, keep under… …
49hold-out — a person who does not agree There are two hold outs, but both people are willing to negotiate …
50hold out on — informal refuse to give information to. → hold …
