# outhold

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To hold out; extend.
2. To hold out, endure; resist, withstand; keep out by force, exclude.
3. To hold better than someone or something else.
4. To hold longer than another player.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/outhold