hold up vs stomach

hold up

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

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

stomach

verb
  • To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something. 

noun
  • Desire, appetite (for something abstract). 

  • The part of a garment that covers a person's stomach. 

  • An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion. 

  • The belly. 

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