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View definitions for holds up

holds up

verb as in postpone

verb as in rob

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One woman, in favour of assisted dying, holds up harrowing pictures of her father who is still alive but dying and in pain.

From BBC

The fable goes that someone asks what holds up the earth in space and is told the planet rests on the back of a giant turtle.

From Salon

Back at the park, as we discuss the results of the US election, one man holds up four fingers.

From BBC

Over the next six months, sensors inside the satellite will help measure how well the wood holds up.

At one point, a school security guard holds up a Trump banner to raucous applause.

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

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