hold up

verbe

En français : retenir

To wait or delay. (informal, intransitive) · Hold up a minute. I want to check something.
To impede; detain. (transitive) · I've got to get to work now. Why are you holding me up?· What is holding up traffic?
To detain by threatening, usually with a weapon, in order to commit robbery. (transitive) · The guy tried to hold up a bank.
To support or lift. (transitive) · Hold up the table while I slide this underneath.
To highlight, as if lifting up for display. (figuratively, transitive) · His lectures held up Napoleon as an example of the phenomenon.· held up for public ridicule
To fulfil or complete one's part of an agreement. (transitive) · I don't think he's holding up his end of the bargain.
To withstand; to stand up to; to survive. (intransitive) · hold up to scrutiny· hold up to heavy use
To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. (intransitive)

Dans la bibliothèque

The first thing she heard was a general chorus of “There goes Bill!” then the Rabbit’s voice along—“Catch him, you by the hedge!” then silence, and then another confusion of voices—“Hold up his head—Brandy now—Don’t choke him—How was it, old fellow?

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 27 · B2

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