hold up🔊

(informal) To wait or delay. +

To impede; detain.

(idiomatic) To detain by threatening, usually with a weapon, in order to commit robbery.

To support or lift.

(figurative) To highlight, as if lifting up for display.

(idiomatic) To fulfil or complete one's part of an agreement.

To persist.

(idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.

To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.

(idiomatic) To maintain composure despite hardship.

(of a work) To continue to be seen as favorable, to avoid seeming dated.