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  1. Held Up

    Held Up is a 1999 American crime buddy comedy film starring Nia Long and Jamie Foxx.

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  1. Held Up

    Held Up is a 1999 American comedy film starring Jamie Foxx and Nia Long.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of held up in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of held up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of held up in a Sentence

  1. Rupert Baker:

    People are a bit worried that we're only being held up by the happy gas of negative interest rates.

  2. Liu Lele:

    Sometimes I get held up at work, i wish there were sites open 24 hours or not closing until 7 or 8 p.m.

  3. Andrew Cuomo:

    The president held up the Bible the other day in Washington, D.C. Here in New York we actually read the Bible.

  4. Jennifer Aniston:

    True love brings up everything - you're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily.

  5. Stephen Ambrose, D-Day, page 577:

    During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history.

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  • बाधा डालनाHindi
  • வரை நடைபெற்றதுTamil

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