Similar words: holdup, fold up, hold up, hold-up, build-up, buildup, build up, held. Meaning: adj. delayed or obstructed.
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(241) The train was held up at various stops to give right of way to troop trains.
(242) More recently, Monica Whitty and Laura-Lee Quigly wanted to see if similar principles held up cyberspace. Does cybersex and cyber-romance show the same gender difference?
(243) He thought he was going to be held up for free tickets.
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(244) Efforts to staunch the spill of crude oil from a tanker off the north coast of Scotland are being held up by gale force winds.
(245) The huppah, in the Jewish tradition, is a canopy, often made from a prayer shawl, whose corners are held up on poles by four people close to the wedding couple.
(246) The notion of "an eye for an eye" is usually cited or held up as typical of the harsh and cruel standards of the vengeful Old Testament God.
(247) Flag-waving, tyre-burning groups enforced the shutting of shops and held up cyclists; other traffic dared not venture out.
(248) On my first day on the job, in a paint factory in Grand Rapids, Mich. , one of the owner's sons greeted me warmly and pointed to some huge overhead vats held up by giant chains and hooks.
(249) But when they cross a busy road using a zebra crossing, traffic is held up.
(250) The head of the Merchants Guild held up two fingers, then quickly departed.
(251) The hazards of higher alkynes held up in acetylene concentration system were presented.
(252) We were so thick like that in everything. " -- he held up two bulbous fingers ---- " always together. "
(253) The good news for the toy business is historically it has held up quite well in tough economic times because parents self-sacrifice but their children arent going to know times are tough.