be/stay holed up

: a large strong rope usually of wire used to support a mast

: guy:1

: to secure upright with or as if with stays

: to incline (a mast) forward, aft, or to one side by the stays

: to go about : tack

: to stop going forward : pause

: to stop doing something : cease

: to continue in a place or condition : remain

: the action of halting : the state of being stopped

: a stopping or suspension of procedure or execution by judicial or executive order

: self-control, moderation

: one that serves as a prop : support

: a thin firm strip (as of plastic) used for stiffening a garment or part (such as a shirt collar)

: a corset stiffened with bones

: to provide physical or moral support for : sustain

: to fix on something as a foundation

: an opening through something : perforation

: an area where something is missing : gap: such as

: a serious discrepancy : flaw, weakness

: to make an opening through or a hallowed-out place in (as by cutting, digging, boring, or shooting at) : to make a hole (see ¹hole) in

: to drive or hit into a hole

: to make an opening through or a hallowed-out place in something : to make a hole in something

: in or into a higher position or level

: from beneath the ground or water to the surface

: from below the horizon

: risen above the horizon

: standing

: being out of bed

used as a function word to indicate motion to or toward or situation at a higher point of

: up into or in the

: in a direction regarded as being toward or near the upper end or part of

: one in a high or advantageous position

: an upward slope

: a period or state of prosperity or success

: to rise from a lying or sitting position

: to move upward : ascend

used with and and another verb to indicate that the action of the following verb was either surprisingly or abruptly initiated