YET: PHRASAL VERB: to hold on / to hold up
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to hold on to hold up

Phrasal Verbs
UPDATED:  SEPT 2020

Another crazy "Phrasal Verb"!
There are other meanings, but the above are very common.
(see video below)

 to hold on ​  (to wait) 


  • Hold on a minute while I find your school records.

  • Hold on!  This is the wrong bus.

  • Hold on!   The ambulance will be here in a few minutes.
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  • I'm smarter than Larry!  
    Hold on!  Who says?​    ​

to hold up   (to rob - verb) 
​holdup    (robbery - noun)


  • Did you hear about the holdup of the gas station last night?
 
  • Have you ever been held up while traveling in Europe.
 
  • I got held up in traffic. 
    You know L.A. at rush hour!
   
  • Hey, what's the holdup?     (Hey, what's the delay?)​
HOLDUP from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid