hold out🔊

(literally) To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward.

(figuratively) To offer, present (a hope, possibility, opportunity etc.)

(with ''for'') To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.)

(idiomatic) To survive, endure.

(with ''on'') To withhold something.

To set aside something or save it for later.

(holdout).