• hold up a bank – грабить банк
См. также: hold smb legally accountable, hold on trust, hold smb administratively liable, hold accountable
Duckwitz, on the other hand, acknowledges the relationship (even a unity) among the various negotiations, but is convinced that it would be neither wise nor possible to hold up an agreement with the Poles, for example, until an understanding was achieved on Berlin. (history.state.gov)
Chadrick Fulks was captured after trying to hold up a bank in Middlebury, Indiana. (CNN Transcripts)
