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Meaning of hold-up

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

hold-up

noun

Definitions

  1. A delay or wait.

    Example: What is the hold-up?

  2. A robbery at gunpoint.

    Example: This is a hold-up! Give us all your money.

  3. The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.

  4. (in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders.