holdup

How To Use holdup In A Sentence

• The main holdup of the announcement was settling a potential territorial dispute with the nearby Wilmington (Del.) USATODAY.com - Ripken's farm team set to go
• The policemen concluded that the same bandit probably had pulled all three holdups.
• By a newly - established interpretation model, water saturation and water holdup can be derived from DCO.
• But what happens when the words gets around and all the muggers and holdup men know the gadget is harmless? JANAKY AND THE GIANT
• I know some of you might be wondering what the holdup is on my getting a regular podcast going. ADPoV: The PodCast – WTF??
• Executives say holdups due to regulatory hurdles could hurt their stock prices.
• The main holdup at the moment is that my current landlord is away so we haven't got our references through yet. The One Where She Does It Herself
• In other words, that only makes sense if you think the votes for single-payer are already in place, and the only holdup is how to sell it. Matthew Yglesias » Insurers vs Insurance Reform
• The definition is followed by nine citations, from a 1941 Bosley Crowther movie review ("The big holdup job gets messed up by a couple of 'jitterbugs' who are assisting on it, the girl turns out a great disappointment, the gunman is rendered a fugitive with a moll and a dog who love him" to a quote from last Sunday's Palm Beach Post ("...he would join the idle, young black males in jail. Languagehat.com: DOUBLE-TONGUED WORD WRESTER.
• They yearn for the real stuff, taxi holdups and pickpockets on the Mexico City metro, twisted iron bars and neighborhood break-ins, even in walled enclaves. Crime may pay