Sentences with hold up
hold up
H h - Children's wear is one area that is holding up well in the recession. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- I'm not sure if the argument holds up, but it's stimulating. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- They arrived late due to a motorway hold-up.
- We were held up by traffic
- He held up his achievements for our admiration
- How are your shoes holding up?
- She held up her hand stiffly. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- Why were you holding everyone up? [VERB noun PREPOSITION]
- A thief ran off with hundreds of pounds yesterday after holding up a petrol station. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- She said the picture that had appeared in a Sunday newspaper had held her up to ridicule. [V n P to n]
- She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- To hold merchandise until called for; to hold a reservation.
- The preacher held them spellbound.
- The police held him at the station house.
- To hold a meeting.
- Fear held him from acting.
- To hold political office.
- This bottle holds a quart.
- We will hold you to your promise to pay back the money.
- We hold this belief.
- To hold a person responsible.
- We held her best of all the applicants.
- Enemy forces held the hill.
- He held a gun on the prisoner. The firefighter held a hose on the blaze.
- Give me a burger well-done—hold the pickle.
- Hold still while I take your picture.
- Will this button hold?
- To hold with new methods.
- To hold to one's purpose.
- The rule does not hold.
- Take hold. Do you have a hold on the rope?
- To put a hold on a library book.
- To have a hold on a person.
- A toe hold.
- A hold in the movements of a dance.
- A basket used as a hold for letters.
- Get hold of the railing.
- The project will be put on hold until funds become available.