last out

last out (third-person singular simple present lasts out, present participle lasting out, simple past and past participle lasted out)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or endure

   I'm afraid your grandfather isn't going to last out for very long.

   • 1987, Vijayaraje Scindia, Manohar Malgonkar, The Last Maharani of Gwalior: An Autobiography:

     I suppose only an incurable optimist would have gambled on its lasting out its full five-year term in office, for there was little to hold its super-stars together except the desire for office.

• outlast, salt out