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1 ■ hold up
■ hold upA v. t. + avv.1 tenere su; sostenere; sorreggere: to hold one's trousers up, tenere su i calzoni; Four pillars hold up the roof, quattro pilastri sorreggono il tetto2 alzare: Hold up your hands!, alzate la mano!3 bloccare; fermare; trattenere: We were held up by a big traffic jam, siamo stati bloccati da (o siamo rimasti bloccati in) un grosso ingorgo stradale; They want to hold up the peace talks, vogliono bloccare le trattative di pace; to hold up goods at the customs, trattenere merci in dogana4 ostacolare; ritardare: Road traffic was held up by the transport strike, il traffico stradale è stato ostacolato dallo sciopero dei mezzi pubblici; The building of the new bridge has been held up by the torrential rains, la costruzione del nuovo ponte è stata ritardata dalle piogge torrenziali5 tirare fuori (qc.) mostrandolo; esibire, esporre, presentare (qc. alla vista o all'ammirazione di q.)7 rapinare; assaltare a mano armata; svaligiare: The bank was held up by five robbers, la banca è stata svaligiata da cinque rapinatori; ( di banditi) to hold up a train, assaltare un treno8 (fig.) aggredire violentementeB v. i. + avv.1 durare; ( di provviste, ecc.) bastare; reggere: I hope my old car will hold up until I get the new one, spero che la mia vecchia auto mi duri (o regga) finché non arriva la nuova2 fermarsi; arrestarsi3 reggere; resistere; tenere duro; tenere botta (fam.); ( del tempo) reggere, durare; ( di un'accusa) reggere, stare in piedi (fig.); (econ., fin.) tenere (fig.); ( di un film, una commedia, ecc.) tenere (fig.), tenere il cartellone: Will the fine weather hold up?, reggerà il bel tempo?; This charge won't hold up, questa accusa non sta in piedi; Light industry is holding up well in the general slump, l'industria leggera tiene bene (o tira ancora) nella depressione generale; Our shares are holding up quite well, le nostre azioni tengono (o si comportano) bene □ ( sport) to hold up the game, tenere fermo il gioco □ to hold one's head up, tenere la testa alta; (fig.) andare a testa alta □ to hold sb. [st.] up to ridicule [to scorn], ridicolizzare [dileggiare] q. [qc.] □ to hold st. up to view, mettere qc. in bella vista □ (fam.) Hold them up!, mani in alto!
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