Значения для термина "be a holdup" отсутствуют.
1 Then I heard Chase call out, This is a holdup , friends.
2 There was a holdup round there two or three weeks ago.
3 That was a holdup down in the Sinks.
4 "Bill, our guide, says there may be a holdup at any time."
6 A lockout of employers in a particular business is a holdup of all other employers and workmen, and is undemocratic and unfair.
7 There was a holdup in 1778, and in the graveyard nearby many French soldiers were buried who died there during an epidemic.
8 "Don't anybody move, this is a holdup , " said Rizzutto.
9 "The bank will take one look at us and decide this is a holdup , " he said.
10 "There has been a holdup , " he explained.
11 "It 's a holdup , " said McCarthy sullenly drawing a tablet toward himself, and thrusting the stub of a pencil into his mouth.
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