List of antonyms from "hold in custody" to antonyms from "holding to"


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Definition of the day : « hold-up »

  • As in raise : noun increase in salary or position
  • As in setback : noun disappointment
  • As in wait : noun pause, delay
  • As in bottleneck : noun obstacle
  • As in retardation : noun delay
  • As in delay : noun deferment, interruption
  • As in hitch : noun problem, difficulty
Example sentences :
  • And that's how the Padova family fell into playing the hold-up game.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • I'm here to tell you that I've got evidence to prove that Ford was a rustler an' a hold-up.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • The hold-up is severe, usually, and becomes in itself a thing to be managed.
  • Extract from : « The Untroubled Mind » by Herbert J. Hall
  • "We left him back there talking with one of the hold-up men," replied George.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman
  • The hold-up had been real after all,—instead of a planned, joking affair.
  • Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • A place better adapted for a hold-up could hardly be devised.
  • Extract from : « Where the Strange Trails Go Down » by E. Alexander Powell
  • “We—we used to—to play at hold-up when he was a boy,” she gasped.
  • Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
  • The only point was to find out where the hold-up left the lateral.
  • Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Evidently, the thieves had managed to communicate with a confederate, and this was a hold-up.
  • Extract from : « In Her Own Right » by John Reed Scott
  • Nor did they know on what night he had planned to pull off the hold-up.
  • Extract from : « Crooked Trails and Straight » by William MacLeod Raine