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outholding

outholding is the present participle and gerund of outhold.

Meaning of outhold

Verb

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

  1. (UK, dialectal) To hold out; extend.
  2. (UK, dialectal) To 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. To hold longer than another player.

Questions about outholding

What is outholding the present participle and gerund of?
Outholding is the present participle and gerund of outhold.

Words near outholding in the dictionary

  1. outhissing
  2. outhit
  3. outhits
  4. outhitting
  5. outhold
  6. outholding
  7. outholds
  8. outhole
  9. outholes
  10. outhomer
  11. outhomered

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