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Exact Match:

hold up

hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration

rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat

Synonyms:

• adjourn,
• advertise,
• afford support,
• air,
• arrest,
• back,
• back up,
• backpedal,
• backwater,
• be consistent,
• be proof against,
• be the case,
• be true,
• be truthful,
• be unflappable,
• bear,
• bear out,
• bear up,
• bear up against,
• blazon forth,
• bleed,
• bleed white,
• block,
• bolster,
• bolster up,
• boost,
• bottle up,
• brace,
• brake,
• brandish,
• bridle,
• buoy,
• buoy up,
• buttress,
• carry,
• cast up,
• check,
• clip,
• clip the wings,
• come up fighting,
• commit robbery,
• confine,
• conform to fact,
• constrain,
• contain,
• continue,
• control,
• cool,
• cool off,
• countercheck,
• cradle,
• crutch,
• curb,
• curtail,
• cushion,
• dam up,
• damp,
• dampen,
• dangle,
• decelerate,
• defer,
• defy,
• delay,
• demonstrate,
• detain,
• display,
• dompt,
• drag,
• drag out,
• draw rein,
• ease off,
• ease up,
• elevate,
• emblazon,
• endure,
• enjoin,
• erect,
• escalate,
• exhibit,
• exploit,
• extend,
• finance,
• flash,
• flaunt,
• fleece,
• float,
• float high,
• flourish,
• fund,
• get by,
• get home free,
• give support,
• gouge,
• govern,
• guard,
• hack it,
• hang fire,
• hang in,
• hang in there,
• hang on,
• hang tough,
• hang up,
• heave,
• heft,
• heighten,
• heist,
• hijack,
• hike,
• hinder,
• hoick,
• hoist,
• hold,
• hold at bay,
• hold back,
• hold fast,
• hold good,
• hold in,
• hold in check,
• hold in leash,
• hold off,
• hold on,
• hold out,
• hold over,
• hold together,
• hold true,
• hold water,
• impede,
• inhibit,
• intercept,
• interfere,
• intermeddle,
• interrupt,
• intervene,
• jerk up,
• keep,
• keep afloat,
• keep back,
• keep from,
• keep in,
• keep in check,
• keep under control,
• keep up,
• knock over,
• knock up,
• lag,
• lay aside,
• lay by,
• lay over,
• lay under restraint,
• lend support,
• let down,
• let up,
• levitate,
• lift,
• lift up,
• live through it,
• live with it,
• lob,
• loft,
• lose ground,
• lose momentum,
• lose speed,
• mainstay,
• maintain,
• make late,
• manifest,
• meddle,
• meet requirements,
• moderate,
• mug,
• never say die,
• not budge,
• not flag,
• not give up,
• not weaken,
• obstruct,
• oppose,
• overcharge,
• overprice,
• overtax,
• parade,
• pass,
• pass muster,
• perk up,
• pigeonhole,
• pillow,
• postpone,
• profiteer,
• prohibit,
• prolong,
• prop,
• prop up,
• prorogate,
• prorogue,
• protract,
• prove out,
• prove to be,
• prove true,
• pull,
• pull in,
• push aside,
• put aside,
• put forth,
• put forward,
• put off,
• put on ice,
• raise,
• raise up,
• rear,
• rear up,
• rebuff,
• recess,
• reef,
• rein,
• rein in,
• reinforce,
• relax,
• remain firm,
• remain valid,
• remit,
• repel,
• repress,
• repulse,
• reserve,
• resist,
• restrain,
• retard,
• retrench,
• ride high,
• ride it out,
• rip off,
• rise,
• rob,
• scotch,
• screw,
• see it out,
• set aside,
• set back,
• set by,
• set up,
• shelve,
• shift off,
• shore,
• shore up,
• shoulder,
• skin,
• sky,
• slack off,
• slack up,
• slacken,
• sleep on,
• slow,
• slow down,
• slow up,
• snub,
• soak,
• sport,
• stand,
• stand fast,
• stand firm,
• stand over,
• stand pat,
• stand the test,
• stand up,
• stave off,
• stay,
• stay it out,
• stay put,
• stay the distance,
• stay with it,
• stick,
• stick it,
• stick it out,
• stick out,
• stick to it,
• stick together,
• stick up,
• stick with it,
• sting,
• stop,
• straiten,
• stretch out,
• subsidize,
• subvention,
• subventionize,
• support,
• suppress,
• surcharge,
• suspend,
• sustain,
• sweat it out,
• swindle,
• table,
• take a recess,
• take in sail,
• take it,
• throttle down,
• throw up,
• tough it out,
• trumpet,
• trumpet forth,
• underbrace,
• undergird,
• underlie,
• underpin,
• underset,
• up,
• upbear,
• upbuoy,
• upcast,
• upheave,
• uphoist,
• uphold,
• upkeep,
• uplift,
• upraise,
• uprear,
• upthrow,
• vaunt,
• victimize,
• waft,
• waive,
• wash,
• wave,
• weather,
• weather the storm,
• withhold,
• withstand