Read full poem →‘What scandal people talk’d!’ ‘Would I
Hold out this skein of silk.’ So pass’d
I knew not how much time away.
Dictionary Entry
To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward.
In a Sentence
“He held out his hand, and I grabbed it.”
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Poetry examples for “hold out”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Whose action is no stronger than a flower?
O! how shall summer's honey breath hold out,
Against the wrackful siege of battering days,