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holds upverbpresent tense third-person singular of hold up to assign to a later timeheld up mail delivery until we had a permanent address defers, delays, holds off (on), holds over, lays over, postpones, puts off, puts over, remits, shelves suspendshesitates, pauses, staysdetains, retards, slowsextends, lengthens, prolongs, protracts, stretches (out)waits acts, deals (with), decides (upon), does, works (on) to bring (something) to a standstilltraffic was held up for miles by the accident arrests, brings up, catches, checks, draws up, fetches up, halts, pulls up, stalls, stays, stills, stops baffles, balks, blockades, blocks, bottlenecks, clogs, dams, detains, hinders, holds, holds back, impedes, obstructs, snags, stemsconcludes, cuts off, ends, terminatescalls, discontinues, suspendschokes off, reins (in), represses, squashes, squelches, stanches(or staunches), stunts, suppresses, turns back carries on, continues, follows through (with), keeps (on), keeps up, persists, runs onadvances, fares, goes along, marches, moves, proceeds, progresses, wendsactuates, budges, drives, goads, impels, propels, pushes, spurs, stirs 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 clogs, cramps, embarrasses, encumbers, fetters, hampers, handcuffs, handicaps, hinders, hobbles, hog-ties, holds back, impedes, inhibits, interferes (with), manacles, obstructs, shackles, short-circuits, stymies, ties up, trammels balks, checks, constrains, curbs, reins, restrainsbinds, chains, halters, leashes, tethers, tiesarrests, brakes, delays, retains, retardsbarricades, blockades, blocks, roadblocksbogs (down), mireschokes, smothers, stifles, strangles, suffocatesbaffles, foils, frustrates, stumps, thwartsderails, disrupts, sabotagesmuzzles, represses, suppressesconfines, hedges (in), hems (in) cramps one's style, gives a hard time aids, assists, facilitates, helps clears, makes way, opens, unclogs, unplugs, unstopsfrees, liberates, releases, untiesloosens, smooths(also smoothes)encourages, furthers, promotes 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 holds out, keeps up, lasts, prevails, survives bears up, carries on, copes, endures, fares, gets along, gets by, gets on, goes, hangs in, makes out, manages, perseveresabides, continues, draws out, hangs on, holds on, lingers, persists, remains, runs on, stretches fails, fizzles, gives out, goes out, peters (out), runs out breaks, breaks down, collapses, conks (out), crashes, cuts out, dies, expires, stalls, stopsruns down, wanes to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same statethe storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast abides, bides, continues, endures, holds on, keeps up, lasts, perdures, persists, remains, runs on lingers, stays, sticks around, tarriescarries through, prevails, survives ceases, closes, concludes, desists, dies, discontinues, ends, expires, finishes, lapses, leaves off, passes, quits, stops, terminates, winds up abates, dies (down), ebbs, lets up, moderates, subsides, wanes to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approvalan argument that won't hold up in court flies, passes, stands up, washes gets through, goes down, goes over, goes through, plays, takes, works holds water, passes muster |