( hold-ups)
1.
A hold-up is a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables.
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2.
A hold-up is something which causes a delay.
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3.
A hold-up is the stopping or very slow movement of traffic, sometimes caused by an accident which happened earlier.
They arrived late due to a motorway hold-up.
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