Hold-up Definition

verb

(idiomatic) To wait or delay.

What is holding up traffic?
Hold up a minute. I want to check something.
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To support or lift.

Hold up the table while I slide this underneath.
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(idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.

Hold up to scrutiny.
Hold up to heavy use.
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(idiomatic) To fulfil / fulfill or complete one's part of an agreement.

I don't think he's holding up his end of the bargain.
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(idiomatic) To rob at gunpoint.

The guy tried to hold up a bank.
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noun

A delay or wait.

What is the holdup?
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A robbery at gunpoint.

This is a hold-up! Give us all your money.
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(in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders.

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Other Word Forms of Hold-up

Noun

Singular:
hold-up
Plural:
hold-ups

Hold-up Sentence Examples

  • Sarah couldn't hold up any longer.

  • I'm not sure your mortal body will hold up much longer down here.

  • It was an off-the-shoulder style with spaghetti straps to hold up the bodice and a full skirt that made her waist look small.

  • Palestine, being less shut in and enjoying a comparatively large general rainfall, would be still a land " flowing with milk and honey " had its forests not been destroyed, and the terracing, which used to hold up soil on the highlands, been maintained.

  • The gates were intended to hold up the water 4.5 metres, FIG.

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Words Starting With H and Ending With P

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