hold out

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 Synonyms hold up, keep up, last, prevail, survive Related Words bear up, carry on, cope, endure, fare, get along, get by, get on, go, hang in, make out, manage, persevere; abide, continue, draw out, hang on, hold on, linger, persist, remain, run on, stretch Near Antonyms break, break down, collapse, conk (out), crash, cut out, die, expire, stall, stop; run down, wane Antonyms fail, fizzle, give out, go out, peter (out), run out