Then I heard Chase call out, This is a holdup, friends.

There was a holdup round there two or three weeks ago.

That was a holdup down in the Sinks.

"Bill, our guide, says there may be a holdup at any time."

This is a holdup!

A lockout of employers in a particular business is a holdup of all other employers and workmen, and is undemocratic and unfair.

There was a holdup in 1778, and in the graveyard nearby many French soldiers were buried who died there during an epidemic.

"Don't anybody move, this is a holdup," said Rizzutto.

"The bank will take one look at us and decide this is a holdup," he said.

"There has been a holdup," he explained.

"It 's a holdup," said McCarthy sullenly drawing a tablet toward himself, and thrusting the stub of a pencil into his mouth.