holdsomethingup assomething
phrasal verbwithholdverbuk/həʊld/us/hoʊld/held|held
(alsohold upsomethingassomething)to use someone or something as anexampleof something,especiallysomething very good:
Sweden is oftenheldup as anexampleof asuccessfulsocialdemocracy.
Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
- analogy
- archetypal
- archetypically
- besomeoneall overidiom
- betoken
- genre
- mirror
- Mr
- Mrs
- on-brand
- personification
- sum
- symbolic
- symbolize
- symptomatic
- tantamount
- territory
- textbook
- translate
- trust