Hold Up

Definition: Hold Up

Hold Up

Verb

1. Be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?".

2. Hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration.

3. Cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather".

4. Rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat.

5. Continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "The legend of Elvis lives on"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents".

6. Resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held".

7. Resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; This theory won't hold water".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Hold Up

Aid

Support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, bolster.

Approbation

Stand up for, stick up for; uphold, hold up, countenance, sanction; clap on the back, pat on the back; keep in countenance, indorse; give credit, recommend; mark with a white mark, mark with a stone.

Continuance in action

Sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot; follow up, perpetuate; maintain; preserve; a; harp upon; (repeat).

Dryness

Be fine, hold up.

Ostentation

Show off, show off one's paces; parade, march past; display, exhibit, put forward, hold up; trot out, hand out; sport, brandish, blazon forth; dangle, dangle before the eyes.

Perseverance

Verb: persevere, persist; hold on, hold out; die in the last ditch, be in at the death; stick to, cling to, adhere to; stick to one's text, keep on; keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground; go all lengths, go through fire and water; bear up, keep up, hold up; plod; stick to work; (work); continue; follow up; die in harness, die at one's post.

Stealing

Plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer, maraud, lift cattle, poach; smuggle, run; badger; bail up, hold up, stick up; bunco, bunko, filibuster.

Support

Support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage.

Crosswords: Hold Up

None of their testimony is gonna hold up in court, Chief (JFK; writing credit: Jim Marrs; Jim Garrison)

Don't hold up the world on my account (Dark Angel; writing credit: Ben Aaronovitch; Mark Ezra)

A hold up here, holds up there (In Camera; writing credit: James Muir)

Hold up, Bulldog (Tales from the Hood; writing credit: Rusty Cundieff; Darin Scott)

Tried to hold up and be brave (Will The Circle Be Unbroken; performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)

Hey, hey hold up a minute (Just Be A Man About It; performing artist: Toni Braxton)

Hold up it is (Will2K; performing artist: Will Smith)

Church members are either pillars or caterpillars: the pillars hold up the church, and the caterpillars just crawl in and out. (references; author: unknown)

The Hold Up (1972)

Hold up pour Laura (1967)

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Books

• "Tunnel 13" : the story of the DeAutremont brothers and the West's last great train hold up (reference)

• Girls Hold Up This World (Step into Reading. Step 2 Book.) (reference)

• Hold Up the Sky (reference)

• Hold up your light (reference)

• Women Hold Up Half the Sky: 285 Spirited Women and What They Said About Life, Love, Work, and Men (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Hold up the Light (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Lady, I just wanta ask yuh somethin' -- didn't yuh see me hold up me ... Credit: Library of Congress.

A "hold up" that will not work. Credit: Library of Congress.

A Hold up. Credit: Library of Congress.

Blacksmith removing shoe from horse. The rope to hold up the hoof is necessary when shoeing an unruly horse. Forest County, Wisconsin. Lumber camp. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hold up your end! War fund week - one hundred million dollars / W. B. King. Credit: Library of Congress.

Women hold up half the sky. Credit: Library of Congress.

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In the villages which he found without a schoolmaster, he would again hold up the valley of Queyras

When Tom here got in trouble we could hold up our heads

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Health

Pelvic muscles must hold up the bladder and urethra. (references)

The device will hold up the bladder to prevent leakage. (references)

Your pelvic floor muscles should be strong and tight to hold up your bladder in its proper place. (references)

Economic History

India

Individual FII's can hold up to 10 percent of an Indian company. (references)

Uae

D. Foreign shareholders may hold up to a 49% interest in limited liability companies. (references)

Sri Lanka

Foreign stock-brokers are permitted to hold up to 100 percent equity in stock broking firms operating at the CSE. (references)

Human Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

That building can hold up to 120 residents, and as of May, there were 93 women, including 13 juveniles between the ages of 17 and 18. The women are divided into two groups: one cell is for smokers and one for nonsmokers. (references)

Bahamas

The detention center, which had been closed for repairs since suffering extensive damage from Hurricane Floyd in 1999, reopened in December 2000. In the detention center, which can hold up to 600 detainees, women and men are housed separately. (references)

Political Economy

MALAYSIA

Securities: Foreigners may hold up to 49 percent of the equity in a stockbroking firm. (references)

Trade

Brazil

Under Brazil's new Customs Valuation regulations, Customs will focus its efforts on under-invoicing, and are authorized to hold up imports until the goods are valued. (references)

Nepal

In June 1996, the Government of Nepal announced that it would permit foreign institutional investors to hold up to 25 percent of the shares of listed firms in certain sectors such as tourism and power. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "hold up": hold up as ♦ hold up as an example ♦ hold up one's hand ♦ hold up to ridicule ♦ hold up turn into ridicule ♦ To hold up. Additional references.

Albanian

vonoj (be late, delay, detain, hang up, hinder, linger, procrastinate, retard, slow down, wait), vonesë (arrears, delay, hold, lag, lateness, retardation, retardment, stunt, tardiness), sulmoj (assail, assault, attack, attempt, charge, dog, fall on, fall to, fly at, gain ground, gun for, harass, hit, jump, lace into, lash, light into, mug, oppugn, raid, waylay), pengesë (balk, bar, barrier, baulk, block, boom, chock, clog, cramp, crash barrier, cumber, detention, difficulty, dike, disadvantage, drag, drawback, encumbrance, fetter, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hitch, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, interruption, jamming, liability, manacle, mash, obstacle, obstruction, preclusion, pullback, retardation, retardment, rub, setback, stay, stoppage, stumbling block, stumbling-stone, stunt, traverse, trip up), ngre (boost, build up, carve, cast up, chant, elevate, erect, establish, heft, heighten, hike, hitch, hoist, jerk up, kilt, lift, lift up, look up, move up, peak, pick up, propound, raise, rear, rebel, revolt, ring up, rout, run up, scoop up, set up, situate, soar, Square, straighten, take off, throw up, trice, up, upheave, uplift, upraise, wake up, weigh, wind up), ngadalësoj (decelerate, let down, loose, make slower, put back, retard, slack up, slacken), mbështet (abet, adhere, back, back up, build, buttress, countenance, found, lean, pillow, prop up, push, shore, support, sustain, uphold), grabitje (abduction, depredation, despoilment, despoliation, looting, pillage, piracy, plunder, ransack, rapine, rent, robbery, sack, sacking, spoliation), grabis (break in, burgle, pillage, pirate, pluck, plunder, prey, prey upon, Rob, steal), bllokim (block, blockage, blocking, deadlock, holding, impediment, jam, jam up, jamming, locking, logjam, obstruction, occlusion, overlap, strangulation). (various references)

Arabic 

دافَعَ (push, to defend), ‏هزأ ب (deride, gibe, gird, laugh at, mockery, roast, sneer), ‏تأخير (be delayed, delay, detention, hindrance, hitch, interception, lateness, postponement, retard, retardation, tardiness), ‏سطو (smash), ‏عطل (cancel, cripple, damage, deactivate, derange, disrupt, foul up, jam, obstruct, stay, suspend), ‏الدعم (support), ‏رفع (boost, brace, bring to his feet, bring up, cat, crane, dismiss, elevate, elevation, exalt, expand, fork out, heave, heighten, hike, hoist, inflate, jack, lever, leverage, lift, lifting, mount, pick, pick me up, pick up, promote, purchase, push up, put up with smth., raise, rear, rise, rising, rode, roll up, scroll, send up, set up, sling, take up, thrust, turn up, up-end, upheave, uphold, uplift). (various references)

Bulgarian 

справям се (acquit oneself, cope, do well, get along, get through, hold one's own, manage, refer, shift, shift for oneself, tackle), спиране (arrest, blocking, braking, catch, cease, cessation, discontinuance, dwell, halt, holdback, interruption, letup, prevention, retention, snub, stand, standstill, stay, stop, stopping, tie up), вдигам (carry away, carry off, elevate, flush, get up, heave, heft, hoist, kick up, lift, pick up, pull up, purchase, put up, raise, rear, rouse, run up, take up, tip up, up), задържам (apprehend, arrest, can, contain, detain, deter, entrap, hold, hold back, hold off, hold over, immobilize, inhibit, keep, keep away, keep back, keep down, occlude, press back, reserve, restrain, retain, trig), поддържам (adhere, atlas, back, bear, buoy, carry, contend, expound, favour, feed, fuel, help on, hold, keep, keep up, maintain, nourish, play along, ply, promote, prop up, pull for, retain, run, service, side with, stand for, stand in with, support, sustain, take, upbear, uphold, vindicate, vouch), държа изправен. (various references)

Chinese 

豎起 (raise up), 抵 (dry, hot, mortgage, on the whole, push against, to arrive, to reach, to resist, to support). (various references)

Czech

zvednout (elevate, heave, hoist, improve, lift, pick up, pick(up), put up, raise, rise, take up), zpozdit (retard), zpoždìní (delay, lag, retardation), zdržet (delay, detain, hang up, keep, retard), zdržení (delay), vztyèit (hoist, raise, set up), vyložit (articulate, deposit, discharge, display, elucidate, explain, expound, interpret, lay out, put out, unfold, unload), podporovat (back, back up, encourage, Foster, further, patronize, promote, side, sponsor, support, sustain, uphold), podpírat (bear, carry, recline, support, sustain), přepadení (assault, attack, capture, hijacking, onslaught), přepadávat, obstát (get by, hold one's own, hold water), loupežné přepadení (holdup), dát nahoru. (various references)

Dutch

op...houden. (various references)

Finnish

pysäyttää (arrest, bring to a standstill, check, cut off, pull up, rein in, stop), kannattaa (back, be profitable, be worth, carry, pay, second, sponsor, support). (various references)

French

tenir bon (hold a train, hold firm, hold out), soutenir (to hold), s'arrêter, lever (hoist), entraver (hobble), braquer, attaque � main armée (holdup), arrêter. (various references)

German

überfallen (ambush, assault, attack, bushwhack, come over, come upon, descend upon, hijack, invade, mug, overtake, pounce upon, raid, raided, set upon, stick up, surprise, to hold up, waylay). (various references)

Greek 

καθυστερώ (defer, delay, detain, fall behind, fall behind with, lag, linger, retard), ληστεύω (despoil, hijack, rob). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעכב (dally, delay, detain, hinder, impede, inhibit, prevent, retard, stop, stunt), ל�"רים (elevate, lift, pick up, raise, rear, up), שו�" (pillage, plunder, robbery, spoliation), ש�"וי (delay, delayed, delayed action, hanging, retardation, retarded), עכוב (delay, hindrance, hitch, interception, obstacle, obstruction, prevention, retardation, setback, stoppage, suspension). (various references)

Hungarian

támogat (abet, advocate, aid, assist, back, back up, bear up, befriend, bolster, champion, espouse, Favor, favour, Foster, further, help, lean, maintain, promote, provide support, reinforce, side, stand for, stick by, subsidize, support, sustain, to advocate, to aid, to assist, to back up, to bolster up, to come out for sy, to espouse, to faster, to favor, to flank, to foster, to further, to give countenance to sy, to hold up, to patronize, to second, to side with sy, to subserve, to subsidize, to succour, to support, to thicken, upbear, uphold), megtámaszt (buttress, prop up, to prop, to prop up, to stanchion, to stay, underset), forgalmi akadály (hold-up, traffic jam), felmutat (render, show off, to elevate, to produce, to render, to set forth, to show off, to show up), fegyveres rablótámadás (armed robbery, holdup, hold-up). (various references)

Indonesian

ngadang-adangi (intercept, mooch, waylay), mengacungkan (brandish, point), coleng (rip off, steal by force), cegat (flag down, hail, waylay). (various references)

Italian

sostenere (abet, assert, back, bear, bolster, brace, buoy, claim, incur, insist, keep up, lean, maintain, meet, play, plump, stake, stand, stand up to, state, stay, support, sustain, take, uphold, withstand), sorreggere (support), rapina (deprivation, hold-up, mugging, raid, ramp, rapine, robbery), intoppo nel traffico, ingorgo (blockage, choke, engorgement, jam). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

透かす (to hold up to the light, to leave space, to look through, to make an opening, to prune, to space), 翳す (to hold up over one's head), 抱き上�'る (to hold up in one's arms), 日に透かす (to hold up to the sun so one can see through), 差し上�'る (to give, to hold up, to lift up, to offer), 屋� ��'�"�える (to hold up the roof), 国旗�'奉じる (to hold up the national flag). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すかす (to hold up to the light, to leave space, to look through, to make an opening, to prune, to space), さしあ�'る (to give, to hold up, to lift up, to offer), かざす (to hold up over one's head), �"っき�'ほうじる (to hold up the national flag), やね�'ささえる (to hold up the roof), � きあ�'る (to hold up in one's arms). (various references)

Manx

troggal seose (Assumption, Assumption Eccl., educate, elate; elation), shassoo (attitude, erection, halt; keeping, hold, hold out, rampant, represent, stance, stand, standing, stop, tumescence), lhiettrimys (bafflement, balk, balk hinderance, ban, bar, barobstruction, constriction, disqualification, drag, drawback, handicap, hang up, hazard, hindrance, impediment, injunction, jam, obstacle, prevention, sanction, victimization), cooyl-chlea (ambuscade). (various references)

Pig Latin

oldhay upay.(various references)

Portuguese

sustentar (abide, feed, hold, insist, maintain, nourish, poise, prop, repose, support, sustain, truss, underpin, upbear, vindicate), roubar (abstract, bereave, bone, cabbage, despoil, embezzle, extort, fake, filch, grab, kidnap, loot, lurch, make away with, nab, picaroon, pick, pirate, plunder, prig, purloin, rifle, rob, rustle, screw out of, scrounge, snitch, snoop, steal, strip, swipe, take away, thieve), mostrar (bare, create, demonstrate, denote, designate, develop, discover, display, draw, drew, evince, exert, exhibit, indicate, intimate, keep up, offer, point out, produce, record, reflect, reveal, set forth, show, show off, show up, signify, to show, turn up, unfold, unmask, wear), levantar (billow, boost, bring up, build, carry up, elevate, erect, hale, hoist, hoist up, jack, lift, mount, pitch, provoke, pull up, put up, raise, rear, rough, rouse, set up, up, upbear, upheave, uplift, upraise), favorecer (advance, advantage, befriend, favor, favour, flatter, foment, further, honor, honour, indulge, oblige, pamper, pet, side with, support, take sides), exibir (blazon, bring out, create, display, exhibit, expose, feature, flaunt, keep up, parade, produce, put out, set out), demorar (dally, defer, delay, draggle, dwell, keep up, linger, procrastinate, prolong, protract, retard, slow, tarry, wait), ag�entar (hold back, hold out). (various references)

Romanian

trezi (arouse, awake, awaken, call, disabuse, evoke, hound on, induce, inspire with, knock up, prompt, raise, rip up, rouse, sharpen, wake, wake up), susţine (advocate, affirm, allege, argue, assert, back, back up, bear, bear up, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, champion, claim, contend, countenance, defend, encourage, endorse, entertain, Favor, favour, fortify, give countenance to smb., hold, maintain, pep, promote, prop, reinforce, sanction, second, speed, sponsor, submit, support, underlie, uphold, vindicate), se menţine (hold, hold fast, keep, keep up, stand), se ţine (be, carry, carry oneself, cling on to smth., cling to), rezista (bear, come through, fend, hold, hold fast, hold out, keep, live, resist, stand, stand against, stay, stem, strive, withstand), prezenta (arise, bear, bring, carry forth, display, exhibit, expound, file, give, give in, have, hold forth, introduce, offer, paint, picture, present, produce, put forward, put in, recommend, represent, reproduce, set forth, show, submit, tender), opri de la (deter from), opri şi a jefui, ţine treaz (hold). (various references)

Russian 

вооруженное ограбление, останавливать (cease, halt, intercept, shut down, stall, stanch, stop, withhold), налетчик (assailant, assaulter, hold-up-man, mugger, raider), налет (bloom, deposit, foray, fur, hint, incrustation, raid, scurf, stick-up, taint), нападать нападение, подпирать (atlas, back, block, buttress, prop up, shore, shored, shoring, strut, underlay, underset), поддерживать (atlas, back, back up, bear out, bear up, befriend, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, countenance, encourage, encouraged by, exhort, give support to, keep up, maintain, scaffolds, stand by, support, supported, sustain, underpin, upbear, uphold). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaustaviti (arrest, block, halt, pawl, stall, stem, stop, trap), zastoj (deadlock, halt, hitch, malfunction, misfire, pause, slowdown, stagnancy, stagnation, stand, standstill, stasis, stoppage, tie up), uspraviti (straighten, upend), prikačiti (append, attach, hook, hook on, impute, pin, pin up, stick), prepad (attack, foray, incursion, inroad, raid), pljačka (depredation, despoilment, job, loot, pillage, rapine, robbery, spoil), opljačkati (burglarize, burgle, depredate, despoil, pillage, pirate, ransack, rifle, rob, sack, scourge, stick up), držati (hold, keep, repute, retain, support, wield). (various references)

Spanish

mantener (abide, hold, keep, keep away, keep in, keep on, keep up, maintain, prop, provide for, raise, service, support, sustain, tend, wedge), apoyar (abet, back, back up, buttress, cheer, countenance, espouse, Favor, favour, invest in, lean, maintain, prop, prop up, recline, rest, second, support, supporte, sustain, to support, underwrite, uphold), asaltar (assail, assault, attack, beset, lay into, raid, rush, storm), atracar (berth, come alongside, dock, land, moor, Rob, tie up), atraco (hold-up), atrasar (put back, set back, slow down), detener (arrest, capture, detain, get, halt, hinder, keep, pick up, pull, pull in, secure, seize, set back, stay, stop, take), durar (continue, endure, hold out, keep on, last, last out, linger, live out), embotellamiento (block, bottleneck, jam, tie up, traffic jam), enseñar (chasten, chastise, civilize, educate, indicate, instruct, learn, point out, profess, school, show, suggest, teach, train, tutor), entretener (allay, amuse, beguile, delay, detain, distract, entertain, keep, keep waiting, kill, maintain, occupy, put off), alzar (come up, cut, decollate, draw up, elevate, foster, get up, hitch up, hoist, lift, lift up, put up, raise, raise up, razz, rear, set up, sling), levantar (adjourn, boost, break up, build, dig up, draw up, elevate, erect, flush, get up, heave, heft, hitch, hoist, Jack, lever, lift, lift up, pick up, prick, pull up, push up, put up, raise, raise up, rear, ring up, rouse, set up, spring, start, take, tip, to raise, up, wind up), suspender (abate, adjourn, ban, call off, catch, discontinue, fail, flunk, hang, hang up, knock off, lay aside, lay by, lay off, leave off, pip, pluck, reject, stay, stop, suspend), mantener el erguido, mantenerse bien, mostrar (cover up, develop, display, evince, exhibit, indicate, inquire, manifest, point out, put forth, show, tender), parar (arrest, bring to, bring up, catch, cease, check, come to a halt, cut, decide, deter, end, end up, get, give up, gum up, halt, interrupt, lead, Parry, pull up, put up, save, set, shut off, stand up, stay, stop, stop to think, stopping, switch off, tie up, trap, turn away, turn off, ward off), presentar (advance, bring forward, bring in, bring on, come through with, come up with, conduct, display, enter, exhibit, feature, file, front, hand in, introduce, jump, launch, lay, Lodge, Marshal, model, offer, offer up, pay, port, prefer, present, present with, produce, promote, put, put across, put forward, put in, put on the stage, put over, put up, race, sacrifice, send in, send up, set out, show, submit, table, tackle, tender, troop, turn in, wait on, wait upon), retrasar (back up, check, delay, pull back, put back, retard, set back, sojourn, take back, turn back), seguir bueno (hold), seguir en pie, soportar (abide, bear, bide, Brook, endure, hold, outstay, put up with, support), sostener (abet, absorb, bear, bear up, carry, carry through, hold, keep up, live, maintain, meet, support, sustain, uphold, wear), interrumpir (break, break in, cut in, cut off, discontinue, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, halt, interrupt, tie up). (various references)

Swedish

hålla fram, stoppa (arrest, bolster, call off, check, chop, cram, cushion, cut, darn, fill, heave to, intercept, jam, pad, pop, ram, shove, stick, stop, stuff, thrust, tuck, upholster, wad, wave down, waylay), stockning (catch, congestion, jam, standstill), stödja (back, bolster, bottom, brace, countenance, endorse, fall in with, Foster, indorse, lean, prop, stake, support, sustain, uphold), rånkupp (robbery), råna (knock off, plunder, reive, rob, roll), framhäva (bring out, exaggerate, feature, set off, urge), avbrott (break, cessation, check, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity, disruption, hiatus, hitch, intermission, interrupt, interruption, interrupts, interuption, lapse, letup, lull, pause, time out). (various references)

Turkish

havaya kaldırmak (levitate, put up, throw up, upraise), dayanmak (abut, be based on, be predicated on, bear up, bear up against, bear with, Brook, consist, endure, found, go on, ground, hang, hang on, hinge on, hold, hold on, hold one's own, hold out, last, lean, lean upon, offer resistance, osculate, put up with, rely on, rely upon, repose, repose on, resist, rest, rest against, root in, stand, stand on, stand the racket, stand up, stand upon, stay, stick, stick it, stick out, survive, sweat out, take, take it, thole, tolerate, trace, wear, withstand), desteklemek (advocate, assist, back up, bear out, bear smb. out, bolster, bolster up, brace, buoy, buttress, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, Favor, favour, fortify, give a leg up, give countenance to, go along with, help forward, identify, indorse, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, logroll, nourish, patronize, promote, prop, root for, second, shore, sponsor, spoonfeed, stake, stanchion, stand, stand by, start, stick up for, strengthen, subordinate, support, sustain, underpin, uphold), direnmek (fight back, hold out, jib, jib at doing, make a stand for, offer resistance, persevere, refuse, resist, stand, stand out, stand out against, stick up to, withstand), durdurmak (abort, arrest, baulk, block, bring short, call a halt, call off, cease, check, choke back, choke down, choke off, collar, Crimp, deactivate, discontinue, draw up, give over, halt, hold back, intercept, intermit, jam, jugulate, lock, paralyse, paralyze, pull in, pull up, put a stop to, shut off, stanch, staunch, stay, stem, still, stop, Stow, suppress, suspend), engel (balk, bar, barrage, barricade, barrier, baulk, block, check, clog, countercheck, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, dam, determent, difficulty, discouragement, disincentive, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, fence, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hobble, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, retardation, rub, shackles, slashing, snag, stay, stick, stop, stumbling block, supersedeas, tie, trammel), göstermek (adduce, betoken, demonstrate, denote, depict, designate, disclose, display, evidence, exercise, exhibit, expose, indicate, initiate, introduce, look, manifest, point, point out, point to, produce, prove, put forth, register, represent, run, set out, shew, show, show off, show up, signify, speak, stamp, table, teach, trot out, uncork), gecikme (delay, detention, hysteresis, lag, lateness, leeway, retardation, tardiness), alıkoymak (check, constrain, deforce, delay, detain, disable, hinder, hold, incapacitate, intercept, keep, keep from, keep in, preclude, restrain, retain, retard, stay, stick, stop, withhold), geciktirmek (adjourn, delay, impede, keep back, postpone, procrastinate, put back, retard, set back, sidetrack, stall, stall off, stave off), yukarıda tutmak, kaldırmak (abolish, arouse, blank out, blue pencil, boost, Brook, cancel, carry, clear, clear away, deration, do away with, elevate, erect, get up, give smb. a lift, heave, heft, hoist, hold, Jack, jack up, lift, lift up, move away, perk, perk up, pick off, pick up, poise, pull up, put aside, put away, put by, put up, quash, raise, reap, rear, receive, remove, scoop up, setaside, take off, take up, turn up, upheave, uphold, upraise), sabit kalmak (remain firm, steady, stiffen), silâhlı soygun (armed robbery), soymak (bare, bark, burglarize, burgle, clean out, decorticate, denude, deplume, despoil, disrobe, divest, flay, fleece, heist, housebreak, knock off, pare, Peel, pluck, plunder, pull off, rifle, rip off, Rob, roll, sack, shave, shear, skin, stick up, strip, unclothe, undress, unrobe), tıkanıklık (being choked up, blockage, bottleneck, congestion, deadlock, jam, stoppage, stuffiness, tie up), tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), yol kesme, gecikme nedeni. (various references)

Turkmen 

eglemek (delay, detain). (various references)

Ukrainian

грабувати (despoil, loot, overrun, pillage, plunder, prey, ransack, rape, reive, scamp, spoliate), витримувати (age, bear, carry, carry off, last, live, sweat out, tolerate, weather), напад (assault, attack, foray, hijacking, insult, offence, offense, onfall, onrush, onset, onslaught), зупиняти (arrest, bar, cease, check, damp, deter, halt, hold, nip, pull up, stanch, staunch, stop, withhold), затор (congestion, dead lock, gorge, jam, jamming, lock, stopping), підтримувати (aliment, back, back up, bear up, block, bolster, carry, cheer, corroborate, encourage, favour, fortify, get behind, keep alive, maintain, play up, prop, pull, push, second, sponsor, stand for, support, sustain, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold), пробка (logjam, obturator, plug, stopper, stopping, stopple, tap), показувати (demonstrate, denote, develop, display, exhibit, expose, present, produce, show, trot round). (various references)

cunctor, distenti, distentionem, retardatis, sustinere. (various references)

sustenir. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: holdup, uphold.

-2 letters: hold, holp, loud, loup, ouph, plod, updo.

-3 letters: dol, duh, duo, dup, hod, hop, hup, lop, old, oud, pod, poh, pol, pud, pul, udo, upo.

-4 letters: do, ho, lo, od, oh, op, uh, up.

+1 letter: holdups, upholds.

+2 letters: ploughed, upholder.

+3 letters: upholders, upholding.

+4 letters: audiophile, phyllodium, unpolished.

+5 letters: audiophiles, copublished, diadelphous, podophyllum, upholstered.