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Holdup   /hˈoʊldˌəp/   Listen
Holdup

noun
1.
Robbery at gunpoint.  Synonyms: armed robbery, heist, stickup.
2.
The act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time.  Synonym: delay.



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"Holdup" Quotes from Famous Books



... the lower stairway he had put the knife back into his pocket and, as it turned out later, there was no blood on his hands or on his clothes. The knife he later washed carefully in the bathroom, when the excitement had died down a little. He told everyone the same story. "There has been a holdup," he explained. "A man came slinking out of an alleyway and followed me and my wife home. He followed us into the hallway of the building and there was no light. The janitor has neglected to light the gas." Well—there had been a struggle and in the darkness his ...
— Triumph of the Egg and Other Stories • Sherwood Anderson



Words linked to "Holdup" :   cunctation, postponement, lingering, filibuster, dawdling, forbearance, slowdown, inactivity, deferral, robbery, retardation, heist, deferment, tarriance, dalliance, procrastination, shillyshally, gap, interruption, break, lag, trifling, disruption, hold up, demurrage



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