English > hold out: 5 senses > verb 2, competition| Meaning | stand up or offer resistance / resistance to somebody or something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | resist, withstand, stand firm |
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| Narrower | defy, withstand, hold, hold up | resist or confront with resistance / resistance |
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| hold off | Resist and fight to a standoff |
| outbrave | resist bravely |
| stand, remain firm | hold one's ground |
| stand out | Be stubborn in resolution or resistance |
| stand up | refuse to back down |
| Broader | fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend | fight against or resist strongly |
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| See also | hold | keep in a certain state, position, or activity |
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| Opposite | surrender, give up | Give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another |
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| Spanish | aguantar firme, aguantar, resistir, soportar |
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| Catalan | resistir |
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| Nouns | holdout | a refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal |
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| holdout | a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms |
English > hold out: 5 senses > verb 5, stative| Meaning | Continue to live through hardship or adversity. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
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| Model | The business is going to hold out |
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| Synonyms | survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up |
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| Entails | be, live | Have life, be alive |
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| Narrower | live out | Live out one's life |
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| perennate | survive from season to season, of plants |
| stand up, hold up, hold water | resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc. |
| See also | hold | keep in a certain state, position, or activity |
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| Similar to | be, live | Have life, be alive |
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| exist, survive, live, subsist | support oneself |
| Spanish | durar, perdurar, persistir, sobrevivir, vivir |
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| Catalan | durar, perdurar, persistir, sobreviure, viure |
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