Английский словарь американских идиом - hold up
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Hold up
hold up
{v.} 1. To raise; lift. * /John held up his hand./ 2. To support; hear; carry. * /The chair was too weak to hold up Mrs. Smith./ 3. To show; call attention to; exhibit. * /The teacher held up excellent models of composition for her class to imitate./ 4. To check; stop; delay. * /The wreck held up traffic on the railroad's main line tracks./ 5. {informal} To rob at gunpoint. * /Masked men held up the bank./ 6. To keep one's courage or spirits up; remain calm; keep control of oneself. * /The grieving mother held up for her children's sake./ 7. To remain good; not get worse. * /Sales held up well./ * /Our team's luck held up and they won the game./ * /The weather held up and the game was played./ 8. To prove true. * /The police were doubtful at first, but Tony's story held up./ 9. To delay action; defer; postpone. Often used with "on". * /The college held up on plans for the building until more money came in./ * /The President held up on the news until he was sure of it./
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1.
~ n 1 a situation that stops something from happening for a short time; delay1 (2) (An unexpected hold-up meant we had fallen 3 weeks behind schedule.) 2 a situation in which traffic stops or can only move very slowly (There was a hold-up on the highway this morning.) 3 informal an attempt to rob someone by threatening them with a gun (- see also hold up hold1) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
1. If you hold up your hand or something you have in your hand, you move it upwards into a particular position and keep it there. She held up her hand stiffly... Hold it up so that we can see it. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 2. If one thing holds up another, it is placed under the other thing in order to support it and prevent it from falling. Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof... Her legs wouldn’t hold her up. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 3. To hold up a person or process means to make them late or delay them. Why were you holding everyone up?... Continuing violence could hold up progress towards reform. = delay PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron) 4. If someone holds up a place such as a bank or a shop, they point a weapon at someone there to make them give them money or valuable goods. A thief ran off with hundreds of pounds yesterday after holding up a petrol station. = rob PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 5. If you hold up something such as someone’s behaviour, you make it known to other people, so that they can criticize or praise it. He had always been held up as an example to the younger ones. PHRASAL VERB: be V-ed P as n, also V n P as n 6. If something such as a type of business holds up in difficult conditions, it stays in a reasonably good state. Children’s wear is one area that is holding up well in the recession. PHRASAL VERB: V P 7. If an argument or theory holds up, it is true or valid, even after close examination. I’m not sure if the argument holds up, but it’s stimulating. = stand up PHRASAL VERB 8. see also hold-up ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb Date: 1851 transitive verb 1. to rob at gunpoint 2. delay, impede 3. to call attention to ; single out his work was held up to ridicule hold this up as perfection — Times Literary Supplement intransitive verb to continue in the same condition without failing or losing effectiveness or force she's holding up under the strain music that holds up twenty years later ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. поддерживать, подпирать; 2. показывать, выставлять (на показ); 3. останавливать, задерживать; 4. останавливать с целью грабежа, грабить, "брать на гоп-стоп"; 5. назначать грабительские цены, "обдирать"; 6. удержаться на ногах (поскользнувшись и т.д.); 7. выдерживать, не поддаваться; 8. держаться, стоять (о хорошей погоде); 9. переставать (о дожде); 10. ворошить (сено) ...Англо-русский словарь идиом
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1. поддерживать, подпирать these pillars hold up the roof —- эти колонны поддерживают крышу, крыша опирается на эти колонны the picture is held up by a wire —- картина держится на проволоке 2. показывать; выставлять to hold up as a model —- приводить в пример to hold smth. up to view —- выставлять что-л. напоказ to hold up for derision (to ridicule) —- выставлять на посмешище 3. останавливать, задерживать the traffic was held up by fog —- движение остановилось из-за тумана he was held up by the immigration authorities —- он был задержан иммиграционными властями 4. останавливать с целью грабежа; грабить to hold up a train —- ограбить поезд 5. ам. разг. назначать грабительские цены, "обдирать" 6. удержаться на ногах (поскользнувшись и т. п.) 7. выдерживать, не поддаваться to hold up under misfortunes —- не согнуться (не упасть духом) под бременем несчастий they held up through all their troubles —- они стойко переносили все невзгоды 8. подтверждаться; сбываться I wonder if the charges would hold up in court —- интересно, подтвердятся ли эти обвинения на суде much depends on how well the weather forecast hold up —- многое зависит от того, насколько точно сбудется прогноз погоды 9. (on) отложить, отсрочить; (временно) отказаться to hold up on the money —- ам. приостановить выплату денег we planned a picnic but the rain forced us to hold up —- мы хотели...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) налет; ограбление (на улице, дороге) 2) налетчик, бандит 3) остановка, задержка (в движении) Syn: see robbery HOLD-UP man = hold-up 2) ...Англо-русский словарь
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