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holdout
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural holdouts
plural holdouts
Learner's definition of HOLDOUT
[count]
1
a : a person who refuses to reach an agreement until certain terms are met : a person who holds out拒不退让的人；拒不合作者
- He says he might be a holdout at the start of the next season if the team doesn't agree to pay him more.他说下个赛季开始时，若球队不同意多给他开工资，他会坚持斗争到底。
b : an act of holding out for something拒不退让；拒不合作
- He is expected to end his three-week holdout and join the team tomorrow.人们期待他结束为期三周的抵抗，明天就加入球队。
2
: a person who continues to do or use something after others have stopped doing or using it（在他人已不再做或使用后仍然）坚持…的人
- A few holdouts still use typewriters, but nearly everybody uses computers now.虽然少数人还是坚持用打字机，但现在几乎所有人都用电脑了。
— see also hold out at 1hold
hold·out ˈhōld-ˌau̇t 
held out; holding out; holds out
Example Sentences
Noun He says he might be a holdout at the start of the next season if the team doesn't agree to pay him more. He is expected to end his three-week holdout and join the team tomorrow. A few holdouts still use typewriters, but nearly everybody uses computers now. Verb 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
Recent Examples on the Web
David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2022 Southwest Airlines, a major holdout, will join the club next year. Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 Apple is even rumored to be testing USB-C on iPhones, a longstanding USB-C holdout. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2022 The state has lost its holdout status in the monkeypox outbreak, with the Wyoming Health Department reporting Monday morning that a case has been detected in Laramie County, the Jackson Hole News&Guide reports. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022 Health advocates hope the demise of Roe will prompt Mississippi and other holdout states to do so. New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022 And wouldn’t a Durant holdout do nothing more than accelerate the Nets toward that endgame? Rahat Huq, Chron, 18 Aug. 2022 At the same time, Democrats agreed to a number of fossil fuel and drilling provisions as concessions to Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a holdout from a conservative state that is heavily dependent on coal and gas. Emily Cochrane, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2022 That measure was also a favorite of conservative Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a long-time holdout against larger versions of Biden’s domestic plans who helped write the compromise legislation with Schumer. Erin Prater, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2022 Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022 With Omicron-specific vaccines perhaps only months away, Americans may be weighing whether to hold out for those doses or receive their first or second booster now. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 12 July 2022 Goshen residents have been told to prepare to hold out for several more days. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 7 July 2022 Was Ukraine expected to hold out for this long in the east? Grayson Quay, The Week, 16 June 2022 The Afghans’ job was now to hold out for a few months and then die in place. George Packer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2022 McDermott made the call to hold out Araiza from playing against Carolina. CBS News, 27 Aug. 2022 As Russia continues to amass troops near the border with its neighbor, the Biden administration continues to hold out hope that a diplomatic solution can be reached. Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2022 Yet James, who scored 34 points in 34 minutes against the Suns, continues to hold out hope. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2021 See More
Noun
Each museum that pledges to surrender some or all of its African collection intensifies the pressure on the holdout institutions to follow. David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2022 Southwest Airlines, a major holdout, will join the club next year. Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 Apple is even rumored to be testing USB-C on iPhones, a longstanding USB-C holdout. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2022 The state has lost its holdout status in the monkeypox outbreak, with the Wyoming Health Department reporting Monday morning that a case has been detected in Laramie County, the Jackson Hole News&Guide reports. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022 Health advocates hope the demise of Roe will prompt Mississippi and other holdout states to do so. New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022 And wouldn’t a Durant holdout do nothing more than accelerate the Nets toward that endgame? Rahat Huq, Chron, 18 Aug. 2022 At the same time, Democrats agreed to a number of fossil fuel and drilling provisions as concessions to Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a holdout from a conservative state that is heavily dependent on coal and gas. Emily Cochrane, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2022 That measure was also a favorite of conservative Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a long-time holdout against larger versions of Biden’s domestic plans who helped write the compromise legislation with Schumer. Erin Prater, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2022 Verb
Both sides tried to hold out for better weather, but after a series of lightning strikes the game was called after 9 p.m., causing Springfield to make the 147-mile trip back home. Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022 With Omicron-specific vaccines perhaps only months away, Americans may be weighing whether to hold out for those doses or receive their first or second booster now. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 12 July 2022 Goshen residents have been told to prepare to hold out for several more days. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 7 July 2022 Was Ukraine expected to hold out for this long in the east? Grayson Quay, The Week, 16 June 2022 The Afghans’ job was now to hold out for a few months and then die in place. George Packer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2022 McDermott made the call to hold out Araiza from playing against Carolina. CBS News, 27 Aug. 2022 As Russia continues to amass troops near the border with its neighbor, the Biden administration continues to hold out hope that a diplomatic solution can be reached. Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2022 Yet James, who scored 34 points in 34 minutes against the Suns, continues to hold out hope. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1908, in the meaning defined above
Verb
circa 1556, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
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