hold out vs ixnay

hold out

verb
  • To withhold something. 

  • To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward. 

  • To set aside something or save it for later. 

  • To offer, present (a hope, possibility, opportunity etc.) 

  • To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.) 

  • To survive, endure. 

ixnay

verb
  • To reject something. 

intj
  • No. 

noun
  • Nothing; nix; often in the phrase "ixnay on ...", indicating something that must not be mentioned, often in Pig Latin 

How often have the words hold out and ixnay occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )