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Noun hold-up has 2 senses
- armed robbery, heist, holdup, stickup - robbery at gunpoint
--1 is a kind of robbery
- delay, holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
--2 is a kind of inactivity
--2 has particulars: | | break, interruption, disruption, gap; demurrage; forbearance; postponement, deferment, deferral; procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally; slowdown, lag, retardation; dalliance, dawdling, trifling, wasting time; filibuster; tarriance, lingering |
Verb hold-up has 7 senses
- hold, support, sustain, hold up - be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"
Sample sentences:
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- hold up - hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
--2 is one way to expose, exhibit, display
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- delay, detain, hold up - cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
--3 is one way to decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
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Somebody ----s something
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- hold up, stick up - rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
--4 is one way to rob
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Somebody ----s somebody
- survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out - continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
Sample sentence:
The business is going to hold up
- defy, withstand, hold, hold up - resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"
--6 is one way to resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
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- stand up, hold up, hold water - resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"
--7 is one way to survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
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