outhold

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verb

To hold out; extend.

“This new tack outholds the older one.”

OriginMiddle English outholden →
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Meanings

verbouthold (third-person singular simple present outholds, present participle outholding, simple past outheld, past participle outheld or (obsolete) outholden)

present singular third person outholds · participle present outholding · past outheld · participle past outheld · obsolete participle past outholden

  1. UKdialectalTo hold out; extend.
  2. UKdialectalTo hold out, endure; resist, withstand; keep out by force, exclude.
  3. To hold better than someone or something else.

    This new tack outholds the older one.

  4. card gamesTo hold longer than another player.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishoutholden
  2. Englishouthold

From Middle English outholden, equivalent to out- + hold. Cognate with Scots outhald (“to outhold”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

outhold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outhold

MLA

“outhold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outhold. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outhold,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outhold.

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