Hold up
Hold up verb - To assign to a later time.
Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Both terms in one sentence
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What we do in politics is hold up the other guys' can of soup and say 'It's poison, it'll kill you!
Source: Scare Campaign -
Irzyka can rob, swindle or hold up merchants, steal in people's houses and even kill some bystanders For the Evulz.
Source: Video Game / Aëdemphia -
At the conclusion of the episode, cutting away to hold up a slice in real life with a "this'll kill him." at the end of the episode, he kills a scissorman with the same piece of ham.
Source: Web Video / JonTron
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Kill and Hold up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hold_up/kill
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