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: --
He was held up at gunpoint by a gang of masked youths.
They held the same bank up twice in one week.
2 to stop something getting somewhere, or making progress: --
The problems with the new system would hold up the project.
I was held up by traffic and arrived half an hour late at the meeting.
The documents were held up in the post, so the sale was delayed.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
hold sb/sth up