hold-up
Meaning
- (colloquial) A delay or wait.
- A robbery at gunpoint.
- The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.
- Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders.
- The inventory of nuclear material within a separation plant.
- A traffic jam.
Synonyms
hold-up man
set-back
put out of action
poweroff
shuttingdown
bring to rest
motor stoppage
retention volume
phase-down
throw-out of
engine cutout
Frequency
Etymology
Deverbal from hold up.
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