to cause delay or slow down progress
Verzögerung verursachen oder den Fortschritt verlangsamen (Verzögerung verursachen oder den Fortschritt verlangsamen)
"The server issue held up the entire team's work for hours."
"Das Serverproblem hielt die Arbeit des gesamten Teams stundenlang auf." (Das Serverproblem **hielt** die Arbeit des gesamten Teams stundenlang auf.)
to prepare the way for something to happen later
to inform someone about all updates or developments
to start a machine or device
to move about without a fixed purpose or direction
to make contact with or offer help to groups of people
to cause something bad to happen; to make something start