| VERB | contact | hold up, hold, support, sustain | be the physical support of |
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| perception | hold up | hold up something as an example | |
| change | hold up, delay, detain | cause to be slowed ... / slowed down or delayed | |
| possession | hold up, stick up | rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat | |
| stative | hold up, survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold out | continue to live through hardship or adversity | |
| stative | hold up, defy, withstand, hold | resist or confront with resistance / resistance | |
| stative | hold up, stand up, hold water | resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc. |
| Meaning | Be the physical support of; carry the weight of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | hold, support, sustain | |
| Narrower | block | support, secure, or raise with a block |
| brace | support by bracing | |
| bracket | support with brackets | |
| buoy, buoy up | Keep afloat | |
| carry | bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of | |
| chock | support on chocks | |
| pole | support on poles | |
| prop up, prop, shore up, shore | support by placing against something solid or rigid | |
| scaffold | Provide with a scaffold for support | |
| truss | support structurally | |
| underpin | support from beneath | |
| Spanish | apoyar, soportar, sostener | |
| Catalan | aguantar, sostenir | |
| Meaning | hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | expose, exhibit, display | To show, make visible or apparent |
| Spanish | lucir | |
| Meaning | Cause to be slowed ... / slowed down or delayed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | delay, detain | |
| Narrower | buy time | act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage |
| catch | delay or hold up | |
| stall | deliberately delay an event or action | |
| stonewall | Engage in delaying / delaying tactics / tactics or refuse to cooperate | |
| Broader | decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | Lose velocity |
| See also | hold | keep in a certain state, position, or activity |
| Opposite | rush, hurry | urge to an unnatural speed |
| Spanish | atrasar, demorar | |
| Catalan | demorar, endarrerir, retardar | |
| Nouns | holdup | the act of delaying |
| Meaning | rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | stick up | |
| Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Entails | assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally |
| Narrower | mug | rob at gunpoint or with the threat / threat of violence |
| Broader | rob | take something away by force or without the consent of the owner |
| Spanish | asaltar | |
| Nouns | holdup | robbery at gunpoint |
| Meaning | Continue to live through hardship or adversity. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The business is going to hold up | |
| Synonyms | survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold out | |
| Entails | be, live | Have life, be alive |
| Narrower | live out | Live out one's life |
| perennate | survive from season to season, of plants | |
| stand up, hold up, hold water | resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc. | |
| Similar to | be, live | Have life, be alive |
| exist, survive, live, subsist | support oneself | |
| Spanish | durar, perdurar, persistir, sobrevivir, vivir | |
| Catalan | durar, perdurar, persistir, sobreviure, viure | |
| Meaning | resist or confront with resistance / resistance. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | defy, withstand, hold | |
| Narrower | weather, endure, brave, brave out | face and withstand with courage |
| Broader | resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm | stand up or offer resistance / resistance to somebody or something |
| Spanish | aguantar, desafiar, resistir, soportar, sostenerse | |
| Catalan | resistir, suportar | |
| Meaning | resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "Her shoes won't hold up" | |
| Synonyms | stand up, hold water | |
| Broader | survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out | Continue to live through hardship or adversity |
| Spanish | sostenerse | |
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