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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.
: to continue in the same condition without failing or losing effectiveness or force. she's holding up under the strain. music that holds up twenty years later. Synonyms. Noun.
Synonyms for HOLD UP: postpone, delay, defer, put over, put off, hold off (on), hold over, lay over; Antonyms of HOLD UP: work (on), do, deal (with), act, decide (upon), keep (on), carry on, run on.
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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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. Discover More.
noun. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time. synonyms: delay. see more. detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure.
