Definitions for hold up
hold up

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hold, support, sustain, hold upverb

   be the physical support of; carry the weight of

   "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

2. hold upverb

   hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration

3. delay, detain, hold upverb

   cause to be slowed down or delayed

   "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

4. hold up, stick upverb

   rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat

5. survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold outverb

   continue to live through hardship or adversity

   "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"

6. defy, withstand, hold, hold upverb

   resist or confront with resistance

   "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"

7. stand up, hold up, hold waterverb

   resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.

   "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"

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1. Hold upverb

   To rob, usually at gunpoint or knifepoint.

2. Hold upverb

   To delay; as, bad weather held up the satellite launch for two days.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hold upverb

   To wait or delay.

2. hold upverb

   To support or lift.

3. hold upverb

   To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.

4. hold upverb

   to fulfil / fulfill or complete one's part of an agreement

5. hold upverb

   to rob at gunpoint

6. hold upverb

   To impede; detain.

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1. Hold Up

   Hold Up is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her sixth studio album, Lemonade (2016). The song was serviced to rhythmic radios in the United States on August 16, 2016 as the third single from the album. It was written by Diplo, Ezra Koenig, Beyoncé, Emile Haynie, Josh Tillman, MNEK and MeLo-X. The song contains a sample of "Can't Get Used to Losing You", written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman; an interpolation of "Maps", performed by Yeah Yeah Yeahs and written by Brian Chase, Karen O and Nick Zinner; "Can't Get Used to Losing You" performed by Andy Williams and an interpolation of "Turn My Swag On", written by Soulja Boy, Antonio Randolph and Kevin McConnell. "Hold Up" received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 59th ceremony.

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1. hold up

   Hold up can have multiple meanings depending on the context: 1) To support or lift something; preventing it from falling. 2) To delay or obstruct. 3) To rob, especially at gunpoint. 4) To remain strong, sturdy, or durable. 5) To pause or stop to consider or pay attention to something.

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1. Hold up

   In the card game of contract bridge, to hold up means to play low to a trick led by the opponents, losing it intentionally in order to sever their communication. The primary purpose is to give as many tricks to opponents as needed to exhaust all the cards in the suit from one of their hands. If that hand regains the lead, it will not be able to put the partner on lead to cash its tricks. Hold up is one of basic techniques in play. While mechanically identical, a hold up is in a suit played by the opponents while a duck is a manoeuver in one's own suit. Nevertheless the terms are used interchangeably with duck or ducking more common.

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1. hold up

   Song lyrics by hold up -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by hold up on the Lyrics.com website.

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How to pronounce hold up?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hold up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hold up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of hold up in a Sentence

1. Todd Rosenbluth:

   If active management can hold up better than their benchmarks during this bear market, investors will be willing to pay a premium, but we expect investors to focus more on lower-cost alternatives, not willing to see the value, and ETFs will garner even more market share in the next year.

2. Jonathan Barratt:

   Any number should be supportive of oil prices and a reason for prices to hold up.

3. Jamal Rifi:

   This is the highest level I've ever seen, and it's been like this since Khaled Sharrouf got his son to hold up that severed head.

4. Angus Nicholson:

   Chinese data out over the weekend showed further weakening across the board, but it is clear that government spending and a recovery in the real estate market are helping hold up growth, china looks to be returning to a very familiar investment and real estate-driven growth pattern, somewhat at odds with their claims of economic rebalancing.

5. Matt Tanneberg:

   The Novablasts are light enough to feel like sprinting shoes, even though the cushion will hold up to any competitor.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hold up
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=hold up
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hold_Up
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_Up
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hold up