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Noun holdup 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 |
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