1 a situation in which sth is prevented from happening for a short time:
What's the hold-up? * We should finish by tonight, barring hold-ups. * (BrE) Sorry I'm late. There was a hold-up on the motorway.
2 an act of robbing a bank, etc. using a gun:
a hold-up at the local supermarket
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