hold up

1. (informal, intransitive) To wait or delay.

   Hold up a minute. I want to check something.

2. (transitive) To impede; detain.

   I've got to be to work now. Why are you holding me up?

   What is holding up traffic?

3. To support or lift.

   Hold up the table while I slide this underneath.

   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.

4. (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.

   hold up to scrutiny

   hold up to heavy use

5. (idiomatic) To fulfil or complete one's part of an agreement.

   I don't think he's holding up his end of the bargain.

6. (idiomatic) To rob at gunpoint.

   The guy tried to hold up a bank.

7. To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.

• hang up
• hold off
• hold it
• hold-up
• uphold
• stick up
• forhold

• Italian: ritardare, rallentare, frenare, aspettare
• Russian: задерживать
• Spanish: aguaitar (Am.), esperar

• Russian: задерживать

• Italian: sollevare, alzare
• Russian: приподнимать
• Spanish: sostener

• Italian: sostenere, fronteggiare
• Russian: выдерживать

• Italian: mantenere, attenersi
• Spanish: mantener, cumplir

• Italian: rapinare