hold up

retarder, retenir

Faire prendre du retard à quelqu’un ou quelque chose, ou interrompre temporairement sa progression.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : hold someone/something up (An accident held us up for an hour.)

Synonymes : delay, slow down, detain

Contraires : hasten

Expressions courantes : hold up someone, hold up traffic, hold up something

attendre, patienter

Attendre un court moment avant de continuer ou de faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : wait, hang on

Expressions courantes : hold up briefly, hold up everyone

retarder, retenir

Empêcher quelqu’un de poursuivre ce qu’il souhaite ou doit faire.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : hold someone up (The long queue held her up.)

Synonymes : delay, detain, slow down

Expressions courantes : hold up someone, hold up workers

braquer

Voler une personne ou un établissement en menaçant les gens avec une arme.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : hold someone/something up (Two masked men held the store up.)

Synonymes : rob

Expressions courantes : hold up banks, hold up someone, hold up shops

respecter, tenir

Faire la part d’un accord que l’on s’est engagé à accomplir.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : hold up your end of something (You must hold up your end of the agreement.)

Synonymes : fulfil, honour, keep

Contraires : break

Expressions courantes : hold up something, hold up your end