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hold-up
noun
- a robbery, esp an armed one
- a delay; stoppage
- an excessive charge; extortion
- usually plural a stocking that is held up by an elasticated top without suspenders
verb
- tr to delay; hinder
we were held up by traffic
- tr to keep from falling; support
- tr to stop forcibly or waylay in order to rob, esp using a weapon
- tr to exhibit or present
he held up his achievements for our admiration
- intr to survive or last
how are your shoes holding up?
- bridge to refrain from playing a high card, so delaying the establishment of (a suit)
- hold up one's handsto confess a mistake or misdeed
Example Sentences
But Perry bore the brunt of the ridicule after it emerged she sung Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World, and held up the setlist for her new tour to an in-flight camera.
"In no way at all did we have any foothold in that game - nothing really held up and we gave up momentum so easily," he told BBC Radio Devon.
Footage shows Allans, the student journalist, holding up a Kenyan flag as he tried to reach Chege and another casualty bleeding out after the gunfire.
When trader Richard McDonald saw Trump hold up his charts in the White House Rose Garden showing a list of countries targeted by US tariffs, he knew he had to act fast.
Other legal experts have opined that Trump’s accusations would not hold up under scrutiny.
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