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holdup: Meaning and Definition of
hold•up
Pronunciation: (hōld'up"), [key] — n.
- a forcible stopping and robbing of a person.
- a stop or delay in the progress of something: There was a holdup in the construction of the bridge.
- an instance of being charged excessively.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.