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hold-up   (hold-ups plural )
1  n-count A hold-up is a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables. 
2  n-count A hold-up is something which causes a delay. 
3  n-count A hold-up is the stopping or very slow movement of traffic, sometimes caused by an accident which happened earlier. 
They arrived late due to a motorway hold-up.