HOLDS OUT Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

holds out

verb

present tense third-person singular of hold out

as in survives

to continue to operate or to meet one's needs we hoped our supply of firewood would hold out until power was restored luckily, the old outboard motor held out till we made it to shore

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But much of what survives are school children’s copies of other works, an indication that children learned by dictation with the student copying what a teacher said or wrote.

Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
The longer a contestant survives, the more money that person makes.

Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024

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