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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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Manchester's war on binge drinking has been held up as a model for other cities as a new report reveals the true cost of alcohol abuse.
They give high quality care and they are held up as an example of good practice.
The man held up his warrant card, even though the laser reflections from shiny clear plastic made it quite unreadable.
At the last general election the Labour vote held up best in the party's marginal seats.
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.

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