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Synonyms for HELD UP: postponed, delayed, deferred, laid over, held over, held off (on), put off, put over; Antonyms of HELD UP: worked (on), decided (upon), dealt (with), did, acted, wrought (on), kept (on), carried on.
HOLD UP definition: 1. to remain strong or successful: 2. to delay someone or something: 3. to steal from someone…. Learn more.
noun. hold· up ˈhōld-ˌəp. variants or hold-up. plural holdups or hold-ups. Synonyms of holdup. 1. : delay. There was a holdup with my order. What's the holdup? [=what is the reason for the delay?] 2. : a robbery carried out at gunpoint. hold up. 2 of 2. verb. held up; holding up; holds up. transitive verb. 1. : to rob at gunpoint. 2.
A hold-up is a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables.
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to delay or block the movement or progress of somebody/something. An accident is holding up traffic. The project was held up by various legal problems. related noun hold-up. to use or present somebody/something as an example. She's always holding up her children as models of good behaviour. His ideas were held up to ridicule. hold up something.
verb. rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat. synonyms: stick up. see more. verb. continue to live through hardship or adversity. synonyms: endure, go, hold out, last, live, live on, survive. be, live. have life, be alive.
to support someone or something and stop them from falling. to delay or block the movement or progress of someone or something An accident is holding up traffic. related noun holdup. to use or present someone or something as an example She's always holding up her children as models of good behavior. His ideas were held up to ridicule.
To carry or support (the body or a bodily part) in a certain position: Can the baby hold herself up yet? Hold up your leg.
