hold up

ritardare, trattenere

Far arrivare qualcuno o qualcosa in ritardo, oppure impedirne temporaneamente il proseguimento.

In inglese semplice: To make someone or something late, or stop them from continuing for a time.

• Please do not hold me up.
• Heavy traffic held up the bus.
• What is holding up the repairs?

Come si usa: hold someone/something up (An accident held us up for an hour.)

Sinonimi: delay, slow down, detain

Contrari: hasten

Espressioni comuni: hold up someone, hold up traffic, hold up something

aspettare, fermarsi

Aspettare un momento prima di continuare o fare qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: To wait briefly before continuing or doing something.

• Hold up! I forgot my keys.
• Can you hold up a minute?
• We held up until everyone was ready.

Sinonimi: wait, hang on

Espressioni comuni: hold up briefly, hold up everyone

trattenere, ritardare

Impedire a qualcuno di proseguire ciò che vuole o deve fare.

In inglese semplice: To prevent someone from continuing what they want or need to do.

• Do not hold us up.
• A phone call held him up at work.
• Why are you holding me up?

Come si usa: hold someone up (The long queue held her up.)

Sinonimi: delay, detain, slow down

Espressioni comuni: hold up someone, hold up workers

rapinare

Rapinare una persona o un luogo minacciando con una pistola o un’altra arma.

In inglese semplice: To rob a person or place by threatening people with a gun or another weapon.

• They tried to hold up a bank.
• A masked man held up the shop yesterday.
• The driver was held up at gunpoint.

Come si usa: hold someone/something up (Two masked men held the store up.)

Sinonimi: rob

Espressioni comuni: hold up banks, hold up someone, hold up shops

mantenere, rispettare

Fare la propria parte di un accordo, come promesso.

In inglese semplice: To do the part of an agreement that you promised to do.

• I will hold up my end of the deal.
• She held up her end of the bargain.
• Are they holding up their part of the agreement?

Come si usa: hold up your end of something (You must hold up your end of the agreement.)

Sinonimi: fulfil, honour, keep

Contrari: break

Espressioni comuni: hold up something, hold up your end