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
Recent Examples on the Web
The rooms Couples hole up in L’Ile aux Oiseaux, a private cabin suspended over a pond.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
One hole up front was eventually plugged by Matt Savoie, a quality young winger acquired from the Buffalo Sabres for center Ryan McLeod.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Other students hid in locked classrooms, ran outside or holed up in homes in the neighborhoods that bordered the school.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Miraculously, the popular Grammy-winning DJ and musician holed up with his laptop computer and a MIDI controller in New Zealand to conjure up these nerve-jangling tracks to match up with and enhance his Lovecraftian horrors on a hostile remote exoplanet.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
One hole up front was eventually plugged by Matt Savoie, a quality young winger acquired from the Buffalo Sabres for center Ryan McLeod.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Other students hid in locked classrooms, ran outside or holed up in homes in the neighborhoods that bordered the school.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Miraculously, the popular Grammy-winning DJ and musician holed up with his laptop computer and a MIDI controller in New Zealand to conjure up these nerve-jangling tracks to match up with and enhance his Lovecraftian horrors on a hostile remote exoplanet.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hole%20up. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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