Defenition of the word holdup
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Defenition of the word holdup
- robbery at gunpoint
- the act of delaying
- the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
Synonyms for the word holdup
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- armed robbery
- assault
- bear up
- bottleneck
- burgle
- buttress
- delay
- detention
- difficulty
- endure
- glitch
- heist
- hindrance
- hitch
- hold out
- keep going
- keep up
- last
- mug
- mugging
- obstruction
- prop
- raid
- ransack
- rob
- robbery
- shore up
- snag
- stick up
- stickup
- stoppage
- support
- survive
- sustain
Similar words in the holdup
Hyponyms for the word holdup
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- break
- cunctation
- dalliance
- dawdling
- deferment
- deferral
- demurrage
- disruption
- filibuster
- forbearance
- gap
- interruption
- lag
- lingering
- postponement
- procrastination
- retardation
- shillyshally
- slowdown
- tarriance
- trifling
- wasting time
Hypernyms for the word holdup
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