Definition of hole up
: to hide out in or as if in a hole or cave
: to place in or as if in a refuge or hiding place
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Examples of hole up in a Sentence
we'll hole up in the cellar and wait out the hurricane
Recent Examples of hole up from the Web
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Lawmakers must hold public meetings on their map and take plans from citizens instead of holing up in a bunker.
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Lula da Silva had been holed up since Friday in the steelworker's union headquarters surrounded by many hundreds of supporters.
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Photo: stringer/Reuters Mr. Martins spoke as Mr. da Silva, who rose to become Brazil’s most popular leader before falling in a corruption scandal, was holed up inside a union building.
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Jim Carrey has spent a bunch of time over the past several years holed up in his studio, drawing, painting and sculpting.
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The man was holed up in the apartment for more than 15 hours as a SWAT team used flash-bang grenades and cameras to watch him and crisis negotiators tried to coax him into coming out peacefully.
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Thibodeau was holed up inside the 77-acre Mount Carmel building with about 100 followers of his Branch Davidian sect, including the controversial religious group’s leader, David Koresh.
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She was transferred to Memorial Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 1:05 p.m. Saldivar, 32 at the time, holed up in her red pickup at the scene for nine hours with a pistol to her head while police negotiated with her to surrender.
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The fiance left the apartment with the couple’s infant daughter, Karsyn, while Gaines holed up in the apartment with then-5-year-old Kodi, and a shotgun.
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First Known Use of hole up
1875
HOLE UP Defined for Kids
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Definition of hole up for Students
holed up;
holing up
: to take shelter
- During the storm they holed up in the basement.
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