HOLDING OUT Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

holding out

verb

present participle of hold out

as in surviving

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 within a week, those very same survivors decide to return, preferring their odds in a series of death matches to their odds of surviving at home.

Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
The track is based on a piano demo John Lennon recorded in 1977, and which Yoko Ono gave to the surviving members of the band in 1994.

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024

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