Definition of hold up

hold up

verb

to wait.
Hold up.

Citation from "Chapter 10", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 4 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

Citation from "Dungeons and Wagons", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 5 (2006) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to wait.
Last edited on Mar 02 2013. Submitted by jacki from Oakland, CA, USA on Jul 20 2002.
"What?"
Hold up - what was her name again?

Last edited on Dec 12 2012. Submitted by jacki from Oakland, CA, USA on Jul 20 2002.

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Last edited on Oct 30 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 30 2015.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'to wait':
hold (one's) horses	Definitions include: to wait patiently.
holding pattern	Definitions include: a period of waiting, during which little can be accomplished, until a particular external event occurs.
posted up	Definitions include: to be standing or sitting somewhere.
hold on	Definitions include: to wait.
cool (one's) jets	Definitions include: to calm down or wait.
marinate	Definitions include: to sit around waiting for something to happen.
hold the phone	Definitions include: "wait a minute"; "hold on"; etc.
cool (one's) heels	Definitions include: to wait.
sit tight	Definitions include: to stay in one place and wait patiently.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'hold':
hold	Definitions include: to have drugs.
hold a candle to	Definitions include: to be superior to, in some way.
hold down	Definitions include: be there for you.
holding pattern	Definitions include: a period of waiting, during which little can be accomplished, until a particular external event occurs.
holding up	Definitions include: to be doing.
hold on	Definitions include: to wait.
hold (one's) breath	Definitions include: to wait.
hold (one's) horses	Definitions include: to wait patiently.
hold (one's) liquor	Definitions include: to have a respectable alcohol tolerance.
hold the fort	Definitions include: to maintain the proper operation of something, such as a business.
hold the phone	Definitions include: "wait a minute"; "hold on"; etc.
hold truck with	Definitions include: to agree with.
hold water	Definitions include: to be inadequate.
leave holding the bag	Definitions include: to abandon a person after a crime has been committed, leaving them with incriminating evidence (literally) or blame (figuratively.)
look like a baby's arm holding an apple	Definitions include: said of a penis, extremely large.
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Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
*as fcked up as a football bat**	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
*ate up with the dumb ss**	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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