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hold up

Definitions

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  • verb idiomatic, transitive To wait or delay.
  • verb To support or lift.
  • verb idiomatic To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
  • verb idiomatic to fulfil / fulfill or complete one's part of an agreement
  • verb idiomatic to rob at gunpoint
  • verb transitive To impede; detain.

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synonyms (328)

Words with the same meaning

  1. adjourn
  2. advertise
  3. afford support
  4. air
  5. arrest
  6. back
  7. back up
  8. backpedal
  9. backwater
  10. be consistent
  11. be proof against
  12. be the case
  13. be true
  14. be truthful
  15. be unflappable
  16. bear
  17. bear out
  18. bear up
  19. bear up against
  20. blazon forth
  21. bleed
  22. bleed white
  23. block
  24. bolster
  25. bolster up
  26. boost
  27. bottle up
  28. brace
  29. brake
  30. brandish
  31. bridle
  32. buoy
  33. buoy up
  34. buttress
  35. carry
  36. cast up
  37. check
  38. clip
  39. clip the wings
  40. come up fighting
  41. commit robbery
  42. confine
  43. conform to fact
  44. constrain
  45. contain
  46. continue
  47. control
  48. cool
  49. cool off
  50. countercheck
  51. cradle
  52. crutch
  53. curb
  54. curtail
  55. cushion
  56. dam up
  57. damp
  58. dampen
  59. dangle
  60. decelerate
  61. defer
  62. defy
  63. delay
  64. demonstrate
  65. detain
  66. display
  67. dompt
  68. drag
  69. drag out
  70. draw rein
  71. ease off
  72. ease up
  73. elevate
  74. emblazon
  75. endure
  76. enjoin
  77. erect
  78. escalate
  79. exhibit
  80. exploit
  81. extend
  82. finance
  83. flash
  84. flaunt
  85. fleece
  86. float
  87. float high
  88. flourish
  89. fund
  90. get by
  91. get home free
  92. give support
  93. gouge
  94. govern
  95. guard
  96. hack it
  97. hang fire
  98. hang in
  99. hang in there
  100. hang on
  101. hang tough
  102. hang up
  103. heave
  104. heft
  105. heighten
  106. heist
  107. hijack
  108. hike
  109. hinder
  110. hoick
  111. hoist
  112. hold
  113. hold at bay
  114. hold back
  115. hold fast
  116. hold good
  117. hold in
  118. hold in check
  119. hold in leash
  120. hold off
  121. hold on
  122. hold out
  123. hold over
  124. hold together
  125. hold true
  126. hold water
  127. impede
  128. inhibit
  129. intercept
  130. interfere
  131. intermeddle
  132. interrupt
  133. intervene
  134. jerk up
  135. keep
  136. keep afloat
  137. keep back
  138. keep from
  139. keep in
  140. keep in check
  141. keep under control
  142. keep up
  143. knock over
  144. knock up
  145. lag
  146. lay aside
  147. lay by
  148. lay over
  149. lay under restraint
  150. lend support
  151. let down
  152. let up
  153. levitate
  154. lift
  155. lift up
  156. live through it
  157. live with it
  158. lob
  159. loft
  160. lose ground
  161. lose momentum
  162. lose speed
  163. mainstay
  164. maintain
  165. make late
  166. manifest
  167. meddle
  168. meet requirements
  169. moderate
  170. mug
  171. never say die
  172. not budge
  173. not flag
  174. not give up
  175. not weaken
  176. obstruct
  177. oppose
  178. overcharge
  179. overprice
  180. overtax
  181. parade
  182. pass
  183. pass muster
  184. perk up
  185. pigeonhole
  186. pillow
  187. postpone
  188. profiteer
  189. prohibit
  190. prolong
  191. prop
  192. prop up
  193. prorogate
  194. prorogue
  195. protract
  196. prove out
  197. prove to be
  198. prove true
  199. pull
  200. pull in
  201. push aside
  202. put aside
  203. put forth
  204. put forward
  205. put off
  206. put on ice
  207. raise
  208. raise up
  209. rear
  210. rear up
  211. rebuff
  212. recess
  213. reef
  214. rein
  215. rein in
  216. reinforce
  217. relax
  218. remain firm
  219. remain valid
  220. remit
  221. repel
  222. repress
  223. repulse
  224. reserve
  225. resist
  226. restrain
  227. retard
  228. retrench
  229. ride high
  230. ride it out
  231. rip off
  232. rise
  233. rob
  234. scotch
  235. screw
  236. see it out
  237. set aside
  238. set back
  239. set by
  240. set up
  241. shelve
  242. shift off
  243. shore
  244. shore up
  245. shoulder
  246. skin
  247. sky
  248. slack off
  249. slack up
  250. slacken
  251. sleep on
  252. slow
  253. slow down
  254. slow up
  255. snub
  256. soak
  257. sport
  258. stand
  259. stand fast
  260. stand firm
  261. stand over
  262. stand pat
  263. stand the test
  264. stand up
  265. stave off
  266. stay
  267. stay it out
  268. stay put
  269. stay the distance
  270. stay with it
  271. stick
  272. stick it
  273. stick it out
  274. stick out
  275. stick to it
  276. stick together
  277. stick up
  278. stick with it
  279. sting
  280. stop
  281. straiten
  282. stretch out
  283. subsidize
  284. subvention
  285. subventionize
  286. support
  287. suppress
  288. surcharge
  289. suspend
  290. sustain
  291. sweat it out
  292. swindle
  293. table
  294. take a recess
  295. take in sail
  296. take it
  297. throttle down
  298. throw up
  299. tough it out
  300. trumpet
  301. trumpet forth
  302. underbrace
  303. undergird
  304. underlie
  305. underpin
  306. underset
  307. up
  308. upbear
  309. upbuoy
  310. upcast
  311. upheave
  312. uphoist
  313. uphold
  314. upkeep
  315. uplift
  316. upraise
  317. uprear
  318. upthrow
  319. vaunt
  320. victimize
  321. waft
  322. waive
  323. wash
  324. wave
  325. weather
  326. weather the storm
  327. withhold
  328. withstand

forms (2)

Forms

  1. hold up one's end
  2. hold up to

relateds (5)

relateds

  1. hang up
  2. hold it
  3. hold-up
  4. stick up
  5. uphold

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  • oroboros commented on the word hold up

    Contronymic in the sense: hold back vs. promote as example.

    January 31, 2007