One whorefuses to giveconsent to anagreement in the hope of an improved offer; one whoholds out; one who clings to a cause that has been mostly abandoned.
2007 November 4, Randall Stross, “Why Google Turned Into a Social Butterfly”, inNew York Times[1]:
If Facebook chooses to remain aholdout, it will not be as the head of a countercoalition but as a cranky recluse.
2022 October 16, Jenna Scherer, “An enticingHouse Of The Dragon crowns Westeros' new ruler”, inAV Club[2]:
One of Otto’s first moves after Viserys’ death is to make the lords and ladies of the Red Keep bend the knee to Aegon. The twoholdouts are swiftly carted away by the guards, while the third, Rhaenyra’s faithful Lord Caswell (Paul Hickey), reluctantly kneels.
1897, Robert Frederick Foster,Foster's Complete Hoyle, page195:
He is probably working a vest or sleevehold-out. Some clumsy or audacious sharpers will go so far as to hold out cards in their lap, or stick them in a "bug" under the table.
