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Synonyms and Antonyms of held up
- held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address
- traffic was held up for miles by the accident
baffled, balked, blockaded, blocked, bottlenecked, clogged, dammed, detained, held, held back, hindered, impeded, obstructed, snagged, stemmed
concluded, cut off, ended, terminated
called, discontinued, suspended
choked off, reined (in), repressed, squashed, squelched, stanched (or staunched), stunted, suppressed, turned back
- if lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up, I can give you a ride
balked, checked, constrained, curbed, reined, restrained
bound, chained, haltered, leashed, tethered, tied
arrested, braked, delayed, retained, retarded
barricaded, blockaded, blocked, roadblocked
choked, smothered, stifled, strangled, suffocated
baffled, foiled, frustrated, stumped, thwarted
derailed, disrupted, sabotaged
- the air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer
- the storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast
- an argument that won't hold up in court
got through, played, took, went down, went over, went through, worked (or wrought)
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