(intransitive, informal) To wait or delay. / (transitive) To impede; detain. / (transitive) To support or lift. / (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.

(colloquial) A delay or wait. / A robbery at gunpoint. / (bridge) The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.

To purport that (someone) is an example of (something, usually positive).

(UK, colloquial) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders.

plural of hold-up

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hold up as

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hold up

present participle of hold up

present participle of hold up as

(soccer, idiomatic) A play where an attacker retains possession of the ball, while the teammates can move up the field.