HELD OUT Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

held out

verb

past tense of hold out

as in survived

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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Recent Examples of held out The Red Sox held out All-Star first baseman Willson Contreras, who had concussion testing after he was hit by a pitch on the side of his helmet Friday night. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 Sacramento County Health Inspectors cited a Fair Oaks Thai restaurant after discovering several foods, including eggs and raw meat, were held out of proper holding temperatures. — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado july 31, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026 Tua Tagovailoa, held out of Wednesday’s practice because of a back injury flare-up, threw off to the side. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 30 July 2026 Bowman suffered a torn Achilles in November and was held out throughout the spring. — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 28 July 2026 One night, Timothy alleges, Melanie badgered her to get it on, but Timothy successfully held out. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026 But Schlittler could be held out depending on how his schedule of regular season starts lines up. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Despite a general jokiness and long runtime, the film was well-received by critics and audiences and now those who've held out from going to the multiplex to absorb the adventure will have a chance to catch it at home. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 7 July 2026 Kirkmeyer's campaign had held out hope that the last batches of ballots, primarily from Arapahoe County, would help the state senator retake the lead. — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 7 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for held out

Verb

Mia Bieniemy, 57, survived the shooting after she was hospitalized for serious injuries.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026
The fund survived with just $10 billion, the Journal reported, keeping that Anthropic stake intact.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Definition of survived

Verb

Hip still bothering Springs Springs lasted just four innings after issuing a season-high five walks, throwing 86 pitches — only 51% of them strikes — and gave up his 28th home run of the season, the most of any pitcher in the league.

— Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
That lasted about a week until the numbers came back down again close to its baseline.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of lasted

Verb

Last month, Lindsey Graham, the longtime senator, prevailed over five primary challengers.

— Terry Collins, USA Today, 21 July 2026
Džumhur ultimately prevailed 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 7-6(4) in three hours and 42 minutes, but the incident was another example of players not yet getting to grips with how ELC works.

— James Hansen, New York Times, 20 July 2026