0 to delay someone or something:
Traffic was held up for several hours by the accident.
1 to steal from someone using violence or the threat of violence:
They held the same bank up twice in one week.
He was held up at gunpoint by a gang of masked youths.
2 to stop something getting somewhere, or making progress:
The documents were held up in the post, so the sale was delayed.
I was held up by traffic and arrived half an hour late at the meeting.
The problems with the new system would hold up the project.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
hold sb/sth up