hole up
verb
holed up; holing up; holes 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
Examples of hole up in a Sentence
we'll hole up in the cellar and wait out the hurricane
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After a whirlwind romance, the couple elopes, holing up in sumptuous style at Ivan’s familial manse in Brooklyn.
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
The industry struggled to find the language to convey to fans that, like the Beatles, the two studio explorers were holed up improvising new recording techniques and increasingly disinterested in being performing entities.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
In a week or two, the tracker snake will hopefully be holed up with another large female.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
The locale he’s holed up in isn’t horrible, either.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 25 June 2025
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
The industry struggled to find the language to convey to fans that, like the Beatles, the two studio explorers were holed up improvising new recording techniques and increasingly disinterested in being performing entities.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
In a week or two, the tracker snake will hopefully be holed up with another large female.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
The locale he’s holed up in isn’t horrible, either.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 25 June 2025
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hole%20up. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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