barricade vs hold up

barricade

verb
  • to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port 

  • to close or block a road etc., using a barricade 

noun
  • A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence 

  • An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. 

  • A place of confrontation. 

hold up

verb
  • To impede; detain. 

  • To wait or delay. 

  • To support or lift. 

  • To fulfil or complete one's part of an agreement. 

  • To rob at gunpoint. 

  • (Of an artistic work) To continue to be seen as good, to avoid seeming dated. 

  • To withstand; to stand up to; to survive. 

  • To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. 

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