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Originally Posted by RonBee In this country (USA) a holdup is a robbery. (Example: "The James gang held up trains.") Thus, "Don't holdup the train presents an interesting word picture for me. It's almost like they are saying, "Please don't rob us." :wink: |
Yes, it is. And I'm sorry for jumping to (and then tripping over my own) conclusions. Not until I checked the dictionary did I know that
hold up actually was being used in the sense of "
Don't stop, delay, or impede the course or advance of" the train, in that case at least.
"Superman", that old yet very well known DC comics character, could have easily held one up as well; British Ronald Biggs, a train robber of the 60s, had actually, well,
held up another. And most likely the traffic that the robbery generated at that time.
Please tell me if I'm being dense, in which case you'd promptly let me know anyway.
And if I'm using the correct tenses. <double winks&g>
Thanks again.
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