Definition of holdout
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Examples of holdout in a Sentence
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.
Recent Examples of holdout from the Web
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been struggling for more than two weeks to satisfy holdouts from both wings of the party.
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But as the holdout of Jacksonville's presumed left tackle, Branden Albert, dragged on into June, the rookie's chances of staying at left tackle seemed to increase.
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That leaves junior right-handed pitcher Justin Lewis (Rays, 11th round) as the Wildcats’ remaining holdout.
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Most occupiers left the refuge after Finicum’s death, though four holdouts stayed an additional 16 days.
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For years, Nike Inc. was one of the biggest holdouts against Amazon.com Inc., refusing to provide its sneakers and athletic clothing for sale on the hulking e-commerce site.
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The number of holdouts on Tuesday, when news broke that McConnell would delay the vote, was several times that.
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The holdouts are expressing willingness to negotiate, but many of them are pushing revisions that could risk alienating moderate Republicans in the process.
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While McConnell can afford to lose two votes, the holdouts are split ideologically between conservatives and moderates.
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First Known Use of holdout
1908
HOLDOUT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of holdout for English Language Learners
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: a person who refuses to reach an agreement until certain terms are met : a person who holds out
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: an act of holding out for something
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: a person who continues to do or use something after others have stopped doing or using it
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