Hold up and Stand

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Hold up verb - To assign to a later time.

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Stand and hold up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stand" instead a verb "Hold up".

Stand verb - To occupy a place or location.

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Hold up and stand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold up" instead a verb "Stand".

Nearby Words: standing, stance, standee

In Steve Parker's novel Gunheads, the 98th is staging a Last Stand — the colonel refused to try to escape and went to hold up their regimental banner to encourage them — when the Gunheads arrive.

Source: Last Stand
However, no one else has bothered to pick up on it and it's still a stand-alone story, mostly because it doesn't hold up to anyone with an understanding of basic math.

Source: Canon Discontinuity
In Gunheads, the 98th is staging a Last Stand — the colonel refused to try to escape and went to hold up their regimental banner to encourage them — when the Gunheads arrive.

Source: Literature / Imperial Guard

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