0 to delay someone or something: --
Sorry to hold you up – my train was late.
Traffic was held up for several hours by the accident.
1 to try to steal money or property from a person, a bank, or a business by using violence or threats: --
They held up the same store twice.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
hold up someone/something