hold up
1 (v + adv) delay TRANSITIVEmoill a chur ar VP coinnigh verb 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 ortthe building was held up by planning permission chuir cead pleanála moill ar an tógáilthe flight was held up for an hour cuireadh moill uair an chloig ar an eitiltit's holding up progress tá sé ag cur moille ar an dul chun cinnit got held up in the post cuireadh moill air sa phost 2 (v + adv) rob TRANSITIVErobáil verb a security van was held up robáladh veain slándálaTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 (v + adv) remain strong INTRANSITIVEtourism has held up, despite the bad weather níl aon titim sa turasóireacht, in ainneoin na drochaimsirestaff morale is holding up tá meanma na foirne láidir go fóillthe 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 INTRANSITIVEdéan verb bheith sales have held up well tá an díolachán ag déanamh go maithwe'll see how they hold up feicfimid conas a éireoidh leo, feicfimid conas a dhéanfaidh siad 5 (v + adv) stand up to scrutiny INTRANSITIVEseas verb that won't hold up in court ní sheasfaidh sé sin sa chúirtthe idea doesn't hold up níl aon bhunús leis an smaoineamhthe story doesn't hold up to investigation léiríonn scrúdú nach bhfuil bunús leis an scéal → féach hold