hold out

Two transfers still need to become eligible and point guard Aliyahna Morris was held out while nursing an injury.

I agree: women like sex, too, so they probably won't hold out forever.

For a while, I held out hope that with time and credible information, he would somehow snap out of the ultra-conservative, extremist-leaning, blind loyalty he seems to have embraced.

White working-class voters have, without question, rallied to the GOP in increasing numbers over the last decade-plus, but Democrats hold out eternal hope that the trend can be reversed.

It is a question of how long they can hold out for, and then how many goals Manchester City will score.