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holding out
vb. (present participle of hold out English)
Usage examples of "holding out".
Now she was standing there, holding out her hand, with her lips curved in a way that let him know she understood his dilemma.
Travis went down on one knee, holding out his hand to the female, who had always been the more friendly.
CYRANO (holding out his hand to him): Ragueneau, Weep not so bitterly!
The grand climax is indicated by President Lincoln, with his left hand holding out as a golden scepter the emancipation Proclamation, while in his right he holds the pen with which he has just written it.
They accepted without murmuring what she chose to give them, each holding out two chubby hands scoop-like, in the vain hope that they might be filled.