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Keep going to make an offer of? (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hold out

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'keep' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'going to make an offer of?' is the wordplay.
'going to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'make' becomes 'hold' ('hold' can be a synonym of 'make').
'an offer of?' becomes 'out' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hold' next to 'out' is 'HOLD OUT'.

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(Other definitions for hold out that I've seen before include "Resist (against siege)" , "Offer as inducement or resist capture" , "Offer - last" , "Offer inducement or maintain resistance" , "Resist difficulties" .)

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