holding up
Causing a delay
Holding up has several connected meanings around support and endurance.
To hold something up is to keep it raised or supported: Hold up your hand if you have a question.
It also means to delay or obstruct: What's holding up the project?
To hold up a store is to rob it at gunpoint.
When you ask how someone is holding up, you're asking how they're enduring a difficult situation: How are you holding up after the divorce?
Something that holds up withstands scrutiny or time: That argument doesn't hold up.
- supportingBearing or sustaining
- stickupArmed robbery
- sustainingMaintaining over time
- maintainingKeeping in condition
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
stick em up · upholding · delaying · enduring · bracing · holdup · bearing · bearing up · bolstering · obstruct · robbery · brandishing · hinder · impede · stall · withstand · postpone · suspending
- stallingstall, stalling, delay, hesitate, procrastinate
- reinforcingreinforcing, strengthening, supporting, bolstering, shoring
- bridge playsfinesse, ruff, trump, discard, endplay
- card gamespoker, blackjack, solitaire, hearts, spades
holding upcollapsing
Falling inward suddenly
crumbling · giving way · caving in · breaking down · buckling
holding upspeeding up
Increasing speed or tempo
accelerating · expediting · moving along · facilitating · advancing
holding upfalling apart
Gradually breaking into pieces
breaking down · cracking up · losing it · coming undone · deteriorating
hold, held, holder, holding, uphold, withhold, holds, held up, withheld