hold up

Phrasal VerbBriathra Frásacha 1 (v + adv) delay transitiveaistreachmoill a chur ar VP cmucoinnigh verb cmu I hope I didn't hold you up too long tá súil agam nár choinnigh mé rófhada thú, tá súil agam nár chuir mé iomarca moille ort the building was held up by planning permission chuir cead pleanála moill ar an tógáil the flight was held up for an hour cuireadh moill uair an chloig ar an eitilt it's holding up progress tá sé ag cur moille ar an dul chun cinn it got held up in the post cuireadh moill air sa phost 2 (v + adv) rob transitiveaistreachrobáil verb cmu a security van was held up robáladh veain slándála 3 (v + adv) remain strong intransitiveneamhaistreach tourism has held up, despite the bad weather níl aon titim sa turasóireacht, in ainneoin na drochaimsire staff morale is holding up tá meanma na foirne láidir go fóill the injury is holding up to training tá an gortú ag seasamh na traenála, níl an traenáil ag cur as don ghortú 4 (v + adv) how strong sth is intransitiveneamhaistreachdéan verb cmubheith cmu sales have held up well tá an díolachán ag déanamh go maith we'll see how they hold up feicfimid conas a éireoidh leo, feicfimid conas a dhéanfaidh siad 5 (v + adv) stand up to scrutiny intransitiveneamhaistreachseas verb cmu that won't hold up in court ní sheasfaidh sé sin sa chúirt the idea doesn't hold up níl aon bhunús leis an smaoineamh the story doesn't hold up to investigation léiríonn scrúdú nach bhfuil bunús leis an scéal→ hold

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