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To hold up
Hold Hold, v. t. To hold up. To stop in order to rob, often with the demand to hold up the hands. [Colloq.] Hole Hole, n. (Games) (a) A small cavity used in some games, usually one into which a marble or ball is to be played or driven; hence, a score made by playing a marble or ball into such a hole, as in golf. (b) (Fives) At Eton College, England, that part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.

Meaning of To hold up from wikipedia

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- game of contract bridge, to hold up means to play low to a trick led by the opponents, losing it intentionally in order to sever their communication...
- Hold-Up is a Franco-Canadian crime comedy from 1985, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Alexandre Arcady. The screenplay by Arcady, Daniel Saint-Hamont...
- "Hold Up a Light" is the fifth and final single from English group Take That's fifth studio album, The Circus. It was released to promote Take That's first...
- needed] are stockings with an elasticized band at the top, designed to hold the stockings up when worn, without the use of a garter belt or garters (British...
- "Hold Your Head Up" is a song by the English rock band Argent, first released as a single in 1971. The song was a Top 5 hit in the US, the UK, and the...