Act
Act verb - To present a portrayal or performance of.
Hold up
Hold up verb - To assign to a later time.
Usage example: held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address
Both terms in one sentence
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The Siege: Similar to the later Night of the Living Dead, the movie's final act sees all of the principal characters hold up in Walgate's country house fighting off the (now visible) monsters.
Source: Film / Fiend Without a Face - What most people will likely hold up as her primary act of evil is taking Taiga hostage and kidnapping Saber, and most of it is forgiven by the time she dies beautifully in the arms of her beloved.
Source: A Million Is a Statistic -
Bogus in the second act of the episode "Good Sport Bogus", when he attempts to hold up a shotput that he had picked up, but because of its weight, he ends up sinking into the ground.
Source: Hammered into the Ground
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