What are some opposite words for hold out?
Antonyms for hold outhold out
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term hold out.
Princeton's WordNet
exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forthverb
thrust or extend out
"He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"
Synonyms:
withstand, bother, crane, bring out, anaesthetise, widen, douse, release, run, put under, hold up, lead, continue, live, poke out, anaesthetize, publish, extend, stand firm, protract, anesthetize, stretch out, draw out, offer, put out, cover, last, incommode, carry, disoblige, go, trouble, discommode, stretch, stretch forth, pass, resist, reach out, retire, unfold, exsert, smother, gallop, live on, expand, endure, anesthetise, issue, prolong, strain, wear, survive, inconvenience, broadenresist, hold out, withstand, stand firmverb
stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
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live, exsert, reject, hold firm, stand pat, stand, last, refuse, stretch forth, wear, hold up, fend, withstand, stand fast, hold, balk, live on, dissent, put out, stretch out, extend, jib, go, endure, stand firm, defy, baulk, survive, protest, resistwear, hold out, endureverb
last and be usable
"This dress wore well for almost ten years"
Synonyms:
wear thin, digest, weather, abide, tolerate, support, prevail, run, put up, tire, don, put on, endure, wear out, live, extend, stick out, have on, last, assume, stand firm, stretch out, put out, break, fall apart, jade, brave, tire out, wear upon, go, get into, bust, hold up, brave out, die hard, stretch forth, wear off, resist, outwear, brook, exsert, withstand, persist, suffer, wear down, stand, weary, stomach, fatigue, live on, survive, fag out, wear, bearhold outverb
wait uncompromisingly for something desirable
"He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses"
Synonyms:
go, exsert, last, resist, live, hold up, withstand, live on, stretch out, put out, extend, wear, endure, stand firm, survive, stretch forthsurvive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold outverb
continue to live through hardship or adversity
"We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
Synonyms:
subsist, perish, give way, run, endure, lead, experience, give out, conk out, operate, travel, hold, function, die, sustain, stretch forth, last, go away, weather, prevail, go, brave out, rifle, defy, persist, run low, stick up, plump, digest, stomach, hold water, break, pass away, drop dead, withstand, stretch out, tolerate, abide, blend in, run short, get going, locomote, pull through, be, come through, live, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, blend, stick out, brook, stand up, bear, fit, suffer, pull round, outlast, populate, inhabit, belong, dwell, give-up the ghost, go bad, survive, get, stand, expire, become, exist, live on, croak, move, choke, pop off, sound, make it, wear, extend, start, depart, decease, outlive, pass, proceed, break down, exit, conk, fail, buy the farm, detain, hold up, put out, know, brave, put up, exsert, snuff it, resist, support, die hard, stand firm, work, delay
How to use hold out in a sentence?
The waiting was excruciating because you're trying to hold out hope.
George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon:
Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on hold fast hold out. Patience is genius.
I have three kids. ... And my parents are not going to be joining us this year, it's just awful. But what I really hold out for is that my parents are pretty healthy, and I would never forgive Rochelle Walensky if I put them in harm's way. And I'm just looking forward to a 2021 when we can be together.
The Swiss watch industry is very dynamic when it comes to research, it is not resting on its laurels. The crisis is fuelling creativity, we have reached a bottom, things have to improve, we just don't know when. We have to hold out until they do.
My head is all over the place and I'm terrified. Bad thoughts are very strong and hard to keep at bay, but I'm trying to hold out hope, you know, that we'll find her, that she'll come home.
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