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hold-up

noun

a robbery, esp an armed one
a delay; stoppage
an excessive charge; extortion
usually plural a stocking that is held up by an elasticated top without suspenders

tr to delay; hinder
we were held up by traffic
tr to keep from falling; support
tr to stop forcibly or waylay in order to rob, esp using a weapon
tr to exhibit or present
he held up his achievements for our admiration
intr to survive or last
how are your shoes holding up?
bridge to refrain from playing a high card, so delaying the establishment of (a suit)
hold up one's hands
to confess a mistake or misdeed

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Guys with a lot of muscle sometimes find it hard to hold up all that weight.

Meanwhile, Goostman is unable to hold up his end of the conversation.

But a criminal case has been hard to develop that would hold up in court.

Letterman, however, was oblivious to this—which certainly seems to hold up based on his frazzled reaction in this clip.

If these results hold up—and they may very well—then we will have learned something very important about the early cosmos.

Now let me hold up my Head a little, and then we shall see how far the Features hit me!

Had put on her Sunday gown, and had nothing to do now but hold up her head high, and sup her soup out of a silver spoon.

Ill never be able to hold up my head again if its not liked, Jess pursued.

Toward that pedal that sounded the hold-up alarm, flashing it right to local police headquarters.

The kind they turn off the assembly line to hold up the fronts of pool parlors.

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