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Hold up   /hoʊld əp/   Listen
Hold up

verb
1.
Be the physical support of; carry the weight of.  Synonyms: hold, support, sustain.  "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam" , "What's holding that mirror?"
2.
Hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration.
3.
Cause to be slowed down or delayed.  Synonyms: delay, detain.  "She delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"  Antonym: rush.
4.
Rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat.  Synonym: stick up.
5.
Continue to live through hardship or adversity.  Synonyms: endure, go, hold out, last, live, live on, survive.  "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America" , "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents" , "How long can a person last without food and water?"
6.
Resist or confront with resistance.  Synonyms: defy, hold, withstand.  "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear" , "The bridge held"
7.
Resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc..  Synonyms: hold water, stand up.  "This theory won't hold water"





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"Hold up" Quotes from Famous Books



... horse taken the bit between his teeth, and is running away. I can see a boy sprinting after him, and that's his voice we get. Now, I wonder what it's up to us to do; step aside and let the runaway nag pass by; or try something to stop him? What say, Fred; can we block the road, and make him hold up, without ...
— Fred Fenton on the Track - or, The Athletes of Riverport School • Allen Chapman
... is—that you should avoid needless and entangling engagements. You may boast about them; you may brag about them. You may say you are procuring consideration for the country. You may say that an Englishman can now hold up his head among the nations. You may say that he is now not in the hands of a Liberal Ministry, who thought of nothing but pounds, shillings, and pence. But what does all this come to, gentlemen? It comes to this, that you are increasing your engagements without ...
— Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 • Edgar Jones
... to me, Juggins. I'm an older man than you. Dont you throw out dirty water til you get in fresh. Dont get too big for your boots. Youre like all servants nowadays: you think youve only to hold up your finger to get the pick of half a dozen jobs. But you wont be treated everywhere as youre treated here. In bed every night before eleven; hardly a ring at the door except on Mrs Gilbey's day once a month; and no other manservant ...
— Fanny's First Play • George Bernard Shaw
... to develop these traits. When he was compelled to leave college to take charge of his father's' affairs, he felt that his name was disgraced for ever. He found, however, that all who had known him were anxious to hold up his hands, and to give him such support as one friend is prepared to give another. If the Pinetuckians were simple-minded, they were also sympathetic, There was something gracious as well as wholesome in their attitude. The men ...
— Mingo - And Other Sketches in Black and White • Joel Chandler Harris
... he said, holding up his hand. "I'm going to ask a question. I'll listen after that. Did you or did you not hold up the C. & ...
— More Tish • Mary Roberts Rinehart


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