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HOLD UP definition: 1. to remain strong or successful: 2. to delay someone or something: 3. to steal from someone…. Learn more.
To use or emphasize someone or something as a model or peerless example of something else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "hold" and "up." They're always holding my sister up as some paragon of success and good behavior, which makes me feel like a real failure.
To use or emphasize someone or something as a model or peerless example of something else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "hold" and "up." They're always holding my sister up as some paragon of success and good behavior, which makes me feel like a real failure.
to support somebody/something and stop them from falling; to delay or block the movement or progress of somebody/something. An accident is holding up traffic. The project was held up by various legal problems. related noun hold-up
In everyday conversation, “hold up” is frequently used to express frustration or annoyance about delays or setbacks. For instance, if someone says “What’s taking so long? Why won’t this traffic light hold up?” they are expressing their impatience with having to wait longer than expected.
HOLD SOMETHING/SOMEONE UP meaning: to make something or someone slow or late: . Learn more.
verb. uk / həʊld/ held. B1. to make something or someone slow or late: Sorry I’m late. I got held up in traffic. (Definition of hold something/someone up from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of hold something/someone up. in Portuguese. atrasar algo/alguém… See more. in more languages. Need a translator?
