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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

verb

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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But Perry bore the brunt of the ridicule after it emerged she sung Louis Armstrong's �� a Wonderful World, and held up the setlist for her new tour to an in-flight camera.

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"In no way at all did we have any foothold in that game - nothing really held up and we gave up momentum so easily," he told BBC Radio Devon.

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Footage shows Allans, the student journalist, holding up a Kenyan flag as he tried to reach Chege and another casualty bleeding out after the gunfire.

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When trader Richard McDonald saw Trump hold up his charts in the White House Rose Garden showing a list of countries targeted by US tariffs, he knew he had to act fast.

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Other legal experts have opined that Trump’s accusations would not hold up under scrutiny.

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