We’ve reviewed past puzzles to identify how “Hold up” has been handled, and the answers here reflect consistent solving patterns seen across different sources.
Answers:
- DELAY
- PROP
- ROB
- DETAIN
- WAYLAY
- LAST
- IMPEDE
- STALL
- SUPPORT
- ENDURE
- BEAR
- HALT
- HINDER
Synonyms and Definitions
DELAY
- Synonyms: check, detain, hold, holdup, postponement, retard, stay, time lag, wait
PROP
- Synonyms: airplane propeller, airscrew, prop up, property, shore, shore up
ROB
- Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, soak, surcharge
DETAIN
- Synonyms: confine, delay
WAYLAY
- Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper
LAST
- Synonyms: close, cobblers last, concluding, conclusion, death, end, endure, final, final stage, finale, finis, finish, go, hold out, last-place, live, live on, lowest, net, shoemakers last, stopping point, survive, terminal, utmost
IMPEDE
- Synonyms: block, close up, hinder, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude
STALL
- Synonyms: booth, carrel, carrell, conk, cubicle, dilly-dally, drag ones feet, drag ones heels, kiosk, procrastinate, sales booth, shillyshally, stalling, stand
- Definition: A section within a barn where one animal is kept and nourished
SUPPORT
- Synonyms: abide, accompaniment, affirm, back, back up, backing, backup, bear, bear out, bread and butter, brook, confirm, corroborate, defend, digest, documentation, endorse, fend for, financial backing, financial support, funding, indorse, keep, keep going, livelihood, living, musical accompaniment, patronage, patronise, patronize, plump for, plunk for, put up, reenforcement, reinforcement, stick out, stomach, subscribe, substantiate, suffer, supporting, sustain, sustenance, tolerate, underpin
ENDURE
- Synonyms: brave, brave out, die hard, last, persist, prevail, run, support, wear, weather
- Definition: Tolerate something or someone that is unpleasant.
BEAR
- Synonyms: accept, acquit, assume, behave, birth, carry, comport, conduct, contain, deliver, deport, expect, gestate, give birth, have, have a bun in the oven, pay, take over, turn out, yield
- Definition: These are large mammals that walk on the soles of their feet, and they can be either meat-eating or eat both plants and meat. They have long, rough fur and powerful claws.
HALT
- Synonyms: arrest, crippled, freeze, game, gimpy, halting, hitch, kibosh, lame, stanch, staunch, stem, stop, stoppage
HINDER
- Synonyms: blockade, embarrass, hamper, handicap, hind, impede, stymie, stymy