to hold (out)

  • 1hold out for — To wait determinedly for (something one wants or has asked for) • • • Main Entry: ↑hold * * * ˌhold ˈout for [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they hold out for he/she/it …

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  • 2Hold Out — Album par Jackson Browne Sortie 24 juin 1980 Enregistrement 1979 Durée 37 : 48 Genre Rock Producteur Jac …

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  • 3hold-out — (n.) one who abstains or refrains when others do not, by 1911, from verbal expression hold out; see HOLD (Cf. hold) (v.) + OUT (Cf. out). Earlier as the name of a card sharper s device (1893) …

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  • 4hold out little hope (of something …) — hold out little, etc. ˈhope (of sth/that…) | not hold out any, much, etc. ˈhope (of sth/that…) idiom to offer little, etc. reason for believing that sth will happen • The doctors did not hold out much hope for her recovery. Main entry: ↑hopeidiom …

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  • 5hold out little hope (of that …) — hold out little, etc. ˈhope (of sth/that…) | not hold out any, much, etc. ˈhope (of sth/that…) idiom to offer little, etc. reason for believing that sth will happen • The doctors did not hold out much hope for her recovery. Main entry: ↑hopeidiom …

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  • 6hold out something — hold out (something) to offer the possibility that something will happen. We don t hold out much hope of finding more survivors. Our supervisor held out the possibility that he would return to work next month. Usage notes: often used with not as… …

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  • 7hold out — (something) to offer the possibility that something will happen. We don t hold out much hope of finding more survivors. Our supervisor held out the possibility that he would return to work next month. Usage notes: often used with not as in the… …

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  • 8hold out something — ˌhold ˈout sth derived to offer a chance, hope or possibility of sth • Doctors hold out little hope of her recovering. Main entry: ↑holdderived …

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  • 9hold out — I (deliberate on an offer) verb make overtures, offer, place at ones disposal, present, proffer, promittere, propone, propose, put forward, submit, suggest, urge, volunteer II (resist) verb balk, be unwilling, hold fast, hold one s own, make a… …

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  • 10hold out — ► hold out 1) resist difficult circumstances. 2) continue to be sufficient. Main Entry: ↑hold …

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