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View definitions for held up

held up

adjective as in robbed

Weak matches

adjective as in postponed

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Wales had an early setback when lock Adam Beard was forced off injured and replaced by Christ Tshiunza before Rogers superbly held up Kerevi to deny a try for the visitors.

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Signs reading "Enough is enough" and "No Farmers No Food" were held up as conference attendees entered the building.

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Both ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were held up as miracle cures for Covid but such claims have not been supported by science.

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“That may be so, but when you’re in a position like that, you are held up to a bigger standard.”

Meanwhile a protester at the Cenotaph held up a banner referencing IRA violence.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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