be/stay holed up

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

:  guy

:  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)

:  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

:  away from the center of the earth

:  from beneath the ground or water to the surface

:  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