"hold up as" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds up as",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding up as",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held up as",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held up as",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> up as"
      },
      "expansion": "hold up as (third-person singular simple present holds up as, present participle holding up as, simple past and past participle held up as)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"as\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Judge Gilligan has been held up as a shining example of judicial restraint.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To purport that (someone) is an example of (something, usually positive)."
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_up_as-en-verb-~h3kK4V0",
      "links": [
        [
          "purport",
          "purport"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold up as"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds up as",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding up as",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held up as",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held up as",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> up as"
      },
      "expansion": "hold up as (third-person singular simple present holds up as, present participle holding up as, simple past and past participle held up as)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"as\"",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Judge Gilligan has been held up as a shining example of judicial restraint.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To purport that (someone) is an example of (something, usually positive)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "purport",
          "purport"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold up as"
}