26984 words

holdup

5 definitions • 4 examples
1
a delay:

Examples:

Come on, let's go. What's the holdup?
2
an occasion when someone steals from someone else using violence or the threat of violence:

Examples:

In the holdup, a masked youth threatened the bank staff with a gun.
3
stockings (= light coverings for the legs and feet) that hold themselves up by a piece of sticky material or elastic at the top
4
a delay:

Examples:

A likely reason for the holdup is political pressure from the fish-farming industry.
5
a crime in which a person or group demands money, using weapons and threats of violence:

Examples:

Robbers got away with $1000 in a holdup of the bank.

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