• v.
    ⦿wait uncompromisingly for something desirable
    lexical concept
  • He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
lexinfo:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:hold out
wn:interlingual indexili:i34878

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelhold out