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HOLD UP definition: 1. to remain strong or successful: 2. to delay someone or something: 3. to steal from someone…. Learn more.
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.
1. : to rob at gunpoint. 2. : delay, impede. 3. : to call attention to : single out. his work was held up to ridicule. hold this up as perfection The Times Literary Supplement (London)
A hold-up is a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables.
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.
hold up. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hold up phrasal verb 1 hold something ↔ up to support something and prevent it from falling down The roof is held up by massive stone pillars. 2 hold somebody/something ↔ up to delay someone or something Sorry I’m late – I was held up at work.
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.
