hold up to

hold someone up to something

to lift someone up to the level of something. I held up little Mary to the window so she could see out. She was held up to the window so she could see better.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Filippa	fee-LIP-pah (Swedish)	Russian, Greek, Swedish, Italian
Abhishek	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil
GabriËLle	khah:-bree-EL-lə	Dutch
Mamoun	-	Arabic
Maximilien	-	French
Jubal	JOO-bəl (English)	Biblical