Hey, what's the 'holdup'? [=what is the reason for the delay?]
There have been a series of 'holdups' at local banks.
a traffic 'holdup'
(..) on his left arm. Been rambling all over the state last few years... ...causing all kinds of trouble. Finally hit the big time. Killed three people in a holdup. One of them a pregnant woman. Bad news all around. Hal? It's a tumor, Paul. A brain tumor. (..)1999 The Green Mile