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Continue to resist offers (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

holds out

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'offers' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'continue to resist' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'continue' could be 'hold' (holding is a kind of continuing) and 'hold' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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