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holdup
[hohld-uhp]
noun
a forcible stopping and robbing of a person.
a stop or delay in the progress of something.
There was a holdup in the construction of the bridge.
an instance of being charged excessively.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of holdup1
Example Sentences
Deliveries are also delayed due to a holdup in supplies of General Electric's F-404 engines for the jets.
Netanyahu is expected to use the speech Wednesday to demand more aid and more weapons, without delay or holdups.
So far, the only holdup has been finding young workers to train in a very old industrial craft.
As recently as eight days ago the State Department was still arguing that the weapons holdup was a technical matter.
The holdup revolves around the Research Advisory Panel of California, established decades ago to vet studies involving cannabis, hallucinogens and treatments for “abuse of controlled substances.”
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When To Use
A holdup is a delay or something that causes a delay.It’s frequently used in the phrase What’s the holdup?—meaning “What’s the cause of the delay?”Holdup can also refer to a kind of robbery, typically in which the robber takes a person’s money by stopping them and threatening them with a weapon, especially a gun. In this sense, a holdup is also called a stickup.In both cases, the word is sometimes spelled hold-up.The phrase hold up can be used as a verb meaning to delay, to cause a delay, or to rob someone in a holdup. (It also has several other meanings.)Example: I asked him what the holdup was, and he told me that he was waiting for the designer to deliver the images.
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