English-Spanish translations for hold up

• aguaitar
• cumplir
• esperar
• mantener
  Decidimos que retrasar la aprobación en realidad vendría a mantener el sistema. We decided that postponing discharge would actually hold up the system.
• soportar
• sostener
  La primera pregunta es ¿realmente queremos sostener un espejo ante los informes de progreso de Turquía año tras año y decirle: perdón, ¿todavía no está listo? The first question is, do we really want to hold up a mirror to Turkey's progress reports year after year and say to it: sorry, you're not ready yet?

Definition of hold up

• To wait or delay
• To impede; detain
• To support or lift
• To withstand; to stand up to; to survive
• To fulfil or complete one's part of an agreement
• To rob at gunpoint
• To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground

Examples

• Hold up a minute. I want to check something.
• Ive got to be to work now. Why are you holding me up?
• What is holding up traffic?
• Hold up the table while I slide this underneath.
• hold up to scrutiny
• hold up to heavy use
• I dont think hes holding up his end of the bargain.
• The guy tried to hold up a bank.

Related words

• hold up one's end
• upholder
• hold-up
• uphold
• holdup
• hold-ups
• cupholder
• cup holder
• holdup in a bank