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hold-up
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hold-upnoun
A delay or wait.
What is the holdup?
hold-upnoun
a robbery at gunpoint
This is a hold-up! Give us all your money.
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uphold
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hold-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hold-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of hold-up in a Sentence
What happens is they're in Mexico, they're going to have a baby, they move over here for a couple of days, they have the baby -- (the lawyers are) saying it's not going to hold up in court.
When I started my apprenticeship with the financial planner, he mentioned he had some concerns about how long I'd be able to stay in the country because of the way DACA was going, now that I know it's going to hold up, I feel like I have a more secure future.
It was a strong quarter (for Exxon), their diversified model tends to hold up better in a weaker oil market and that is seen in this quarter.
Chinese data 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.
We have used the reference of standards from Japan, the structure of the tunnel and the viaduct can hold up against a magnitude of 8 or equivalent.
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