hold up

Meaning

1. (informal, intransitive) To wait or delay.
2. (transitive) To impede; detain.
3. (idiomatic, transitive) To impede; detain.
4. (transitive) To support or lift.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To support or lift.
6. (idiomatic, transitive) To support or lift.
7. (idiomatic, intransitive) To persist.
8. (intransitive) To persist.
9. (idiomatic, intransitive) To persist.
10. (intransitive) To persist.

Synonyms

support

delay

sustain

detain

stop

🛑

prop up

prop

raise

hold

impede

stick up

hold out

lift

maintain

keep up

lift up

intercept

last

hold back

uphold

reinforce

pull up

preserve

pick up

obstruct

remain up

withstand

bear

🐻

hold water

arrest

stop up

back up

check

endure

be up

rob

hinder

stand up

ransack

restrain

retard

prevent

live on

defy

rip off

cut off

last out

keep

bear up

bolster

Translations

soutenir

retarder

soulever

sostenere

soportar

🐻

sostener

tenir

reggere

🐻

cunctor

sorreggere

assaltare

👊

durar

aggressione

esporre

retenir