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The phrase "hold up as" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when comparing or presenting something as a standard or example. Example: "She was able to hold up as a role model for her peers throughout the project."
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hold up as
verb
To purport that (someone) is an example of (something, usually positive).
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Some of the songs hold up as well as anything he's written.
"They didn't quite believe that the polling would hold up as well it did," Mr. Nadelmann said.
Of course, now that the economies of Europe and Japan are languishing, that story line doesn't hold up as well.
Mr. Christie is being compared to Mr. Clinton for another reason, however — and this one doesn't hold up as well to scrutiny.
Oddly, the proposals that are most architectural in their approach often don't hold up as well as those that focus more on big infrastructure issues.
He was a brilliant man but his work doesn't hold up as well as a lot of other directors' because he used a lot of backdrops.
Would his work hold up as well or would his lies be such a trifling matter if he had inflated his academic credentials?
While Andre Agassi eased by with a straight-sets victory, another of Sampras's challengers, Gustavo Kuerten, did not hold up as well on the sixth day of Wimbledon.
Hopefully an Oshkosh version would hold up as well.
Foam blocks in gymnastics gyms hold up as well.
As for "Man of Steel," even though the Superman tale didn't hold up as well as predicted, it still crossed the $200-million mark domestically.
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