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holding up
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- held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address
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- traffic was held up for miles by the accident
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- if lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up, I can give you a ride
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- clogging,
- cramping,
- embarrassing,
- encumbering,
- fettering,
- hampering,
- handcuffing,
- handicapping,
- hindering,
- hobbling,
- hog-tying,
- holding back,
- impeding,
- inhibiting,
- interfering (with),
- manacling,
- obstructing,
- shackling,
- short-circuiting,
- stymieing,
- trammeling
- (or trammelling),
- tying up
- (or tieing up)
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- the air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer
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- the storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast
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- an argument that won't hold up in court
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“Holding up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holding%20up. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.
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