0
Demaryi Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Holding up

"How is he holding up?"

What's the meaning of it?
  

Top answer

How is he doing? - normally used if somebody has been depressed or ill for a while.

— Dave Phillips

  • How is he doing?
  • - normally used if somebody has been depressed or ill for a while.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

3 Answers
0
How is he doing? - normally used if somebody has been depressed or ill for a while.
0
0
He is under stress in some situation (wife is ill, child is missing, etc.). "How is he holding up" asks if he is doing o.k. given the circumstances: how is he doing, how are his nerves, is he handling the situation ok, etc.
0

Related Questions