hold-up
noun
- 1
A delay or wait.
“What is the hold-up?”
- 2
A robbery at gunpoint.
“This is a hold-up! Give us all your money.”
- 3
The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.
- 4
(in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders.
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