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held upverbpast tense of hold up to assign to a later timeheld up mail delivery until we had a permanent address deferred, delayed, held off (on), held over, laid over, postponed, put off, put over, remitted, shelved suspendedhesitated, paused, stayeddetained, retarded, slowedextended, lengthened, prolonged, protracted, stretched (out)waited acted, dealt (with), decided (upon), did, worked (on)(or wrought (on)) to bring (something) to a standstilltraffic was held up for miles by the accident arrested, brought up, caught, checked, drew up, fetched up, halted, pulled up, stalled, stayed, stilled, stopped baffled, balked, blockaded, blocked, bottlenecked, clogged, dammed, detained, held, held back, hindered, impeded, obstructed, snagged, stemmedconcluded, cut off, ended, terminatedcalled, discontinued, suspendedchoked off, reined (in), repressed, squashed, squelched, stanched(or staunched), stunted, suppressed, turned back carried on, continued, followed through (with), kept (on), kept up, persisted, ran onadvanced, fared, marched, moved, proceeded, progressed, wended, went alongactuated, budged, drove, goaded, impelled, propelled, pushed, spurred, stirred to create difficulty for the work or activity ofif lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up, I can give you a ride clogged, cramped, embarrassed, encumbered, fettered, hampered, handcuffed, handicapped, held back, hindered, hobbled, hog-tied, impeded, inhibited, interfered (with), manacled, obstructed, shackled, short-circuited, stymied, tied up, trammeled(or trammelled) balked, checked, constrained, curbed, reined, restrainedbound, chained, haltered, leashed, tethered, tiedarrested, braked, delayed, retained, retardedbarricaded, blockaded, blocked, roadblockedbogged (down), miredchoked, smothered, stifled, strangled, suffocatedbaffled, foiled, frustrated, stumped, thwartedderailed, disrupted, sabotagedmuzzled, repressed, suppressedconfined, hedged (in), hemmed (in) cramped one's style, gave a hard time aided, assisted, facilitated, helped cleared, made way, opened, unclogged, unplugged, unstoppedfreed, liberated, released, untiedloosened, smoothedencouraged, furthered, promoted to continue to operate or to meet one's needsthe air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer held out, kept up, lasted, prevailed, survived bore up, carried on, coped, endured, fared, got along, got by, got on, hung in, made out, managed, persevered, wentabided(also abode), continued, drew out, held on, hung on, lingered, persisted, ran on, remained, stretched failed, fizzled, gave out, petered (out), ran out, went out broke, broke down, collapsed, conked (out), crashed, cut out, died, expired, stalled, stoppedran down, waned to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same statethe storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast abided(also abode), bode(or bided), continued, endured, held on, kept up, lasted, perdured, persisted, ran on, remained lingered, stayed, stuck around, tarriedcarried through, prevailed, survived ceased, closed, concluded, desisted, died, discontinued, ended, expired, finished, lapsed, left off, passed, quit(also quitted), stopped, terminated, wound up(also winded up) to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approvalan argument that won't hold up in court abated, died (down), ebbed, let up, moderated, subsided, waned flew, passed, stood up, washed got through, played, took, went down, went over, went through, worked(or wrought) held water, passed muster |