Taking or attempting to take something of value by force or threat of force or by putting the victim in fear.
1The major hold-up now is just how much power he would have.
2Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom said she was not aware of any hold-up.
3But the most serious of all was the hold-up in Giant Gorge.
4You opened the wicket and passed the money out to the hold-up.
5In the end the hold-up may simply be down to a technicality.
6The hold-up of the train had taken place at a depressing spot.
7There was a bit of a hold-up -some barrier wasn't working.
8But development was delayed for years by legal disputes and permitting hold-ups.
9Then, too, seems one of the hold-ups called the other one Crawford.