last out
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Last out means to survive or endure through a difficult period until it ends.
If supplies last out the winter, they remain sufficient until spring arrives.
A person who lasts out a crisis manages to hold on until conditions improve.
The phrase emphasizes duration through hardship rather than mere continuation: We had just enough fuel to last out the storm.
It's sometimes used of competitive situations where one party outlasts another.
- hold onWait or maintain grip
- hang in thereEndure through difficulty
- outlivePersist beyond another's death
- outrideSurpass in horsemanship
- endureSuffer through without yielding
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