What is "held up"

Usage examples of "held up".

But when Ellis accompanies her mother, a nurse, on a mission in the Philippines, she finds that life -even if held up - cannot be held back, and neither, finally, can she.

If we get held up it's a joke, and if we take the wrong car, it's the funniest thing that ever happened.

Superintendent Wraybum, Hilary explained, had only just arrived, having been held up at the station.

When a garment was finished, it was held up for admiration, and if the admiration was less than its maker thought it deserved, she flung it in the fire.

Any time these ten years, they tell me, has that man held up that picture, and exhibited that stump to an incredulous world.

I saw clinched and threatening hands held up in the direction of Versailles.

The fleet bound for Freehold that had been held up for the last six days also reversed course, abandoning its obvious assault.

The clouds, so long held back, swept in, swept over the hawks in their new forest, so that they held up their heads to the falling rain and drank in the sweet water that washed away the foulness on their tongues.