Function: intransitive verb
Date: circa 1556
1 : to remain unsubdued or unyielding <where 30 of the ⋯ refugees were still holding out ― Anna Tomforde> also : to continue to function or be available : LAST <prayed that the engine would hold out > <as long as our money holds out >
2 : to refuse to go along with others in a concerted action or to come to an agreement < holding out for a shorter workweek>
transitive verb
1 : to present as something realizable : PROFFER
2 : to represent to be
– hold out on : to withhold something (as information) from