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vb. (present participle of hold up English)
Usage examples of "holding up".
Helen started through the package, holding up various items of clothing to show me how they looked.
By the big door enter Cuigy, Brissaille, and some officers, holding up Ligniere, who is drunk.
The guard was crouched, holding up her fork and flail in trembling palps, whistling with terror.
The man who'd given the order strode to him, one hand still holding up his pants, and kicked the man powerfully in the buttocks, dislodging him.
His neck seemed to have trouble holding up his massive head, and his eyes were more of a dull gray than the sharp, piercing slate-gray that Laheran remembered from his apprenticeship in the guild.
She always made a bargain for it, by holding up, as a statement of its just price, one finger less than the merchant held up, whatever his number might be.
What business had his slave to be marching round the country, inventing machines, and holding up his head among gentlemen?