hold-up
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈhoʊldˌʌp/
:
robo
- If we wanted to, we can trace them both back to those jewelry store hold-ups.
- bank hold-ups
So alright, if you're ready then what's the hold up?
- So alright, if you're ready then what's the hold up?
- And that really was the the the main hold up for me, like the fight itself is you roll the dice and you see what happens.
Examples
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I'm not sure what the hold-up is.
Blog text (25) -
C'mon big boy, what's the hold-up?
Fiction book (1999) -
- There's been a hold up at the bank.
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Has there been a hold-up or something?
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I wanted to know what the hold-up was.
Blog text (34) -
So what's the hold-up in Congress?
Blog text (5) -
I'd just like to say that this is a hold-up.
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The things they'd brought off: robberies, bank hold-ups.
Fiction book (1994) -
What's the hold-up, Peters?
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There was a dramatic hold-up at the bank, and armed robbers demanded cash from the tellers.
Synonyms
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2.3
Stealing things from people and places such as shops and banks using force or threats
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7.9
A robbery in which people are forced to give money, often with a gun
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4.6
An act of stealing from someone by using threats or a weapon
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Morphology
Etymology
The word hold-up comes from the phrase hold up, which means 'stop' or 'keep in place'. Imagine someone holding you at gunpoint to stop you, or a broken bridge that holds up traffic, and that's why a hold-up can be a robbery or an unexpected delay.