belate vs hold up

belate

verb
  • To impede; cause something to be late; delay; benight. 

hold up

verb
  • To wait or delay. 

  • To support or lift. 

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

  • To rob at gunpoint. 

  • To impede; detain. 

  • (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. 

How often have the words belate and hold up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )