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What does held up mean?

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Verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of hold up
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They give high quality care and they are held up as an example of good practice.
Broadcast of the series was held up by a strike that took ITV off the air for over two months.
She held up his head with one hand and with the other she used the shower head to wash some of the dirt out of his hair.
They held up movements for about eight hours and the road was effectively closed.
As a result, the Armed Services Committee held up the Navy board's selections for rear admiral and investigated the Navy's promotion system.
The breath rasped in her throat as she began the game of cat and mouse, charred robe held up past her knees so she could run.

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