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
Everyone was there, holed up in some random hotel room, all just staring at her.
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Alex Ross, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Ramos pleaded guilty last August to the 2019 murder of police rookie Tara O’Sullivan, who had accompanied Ramos’ former girlfriend to retrieve her belongings from the Del Paso Heights home where he was holed up and behaving erratically.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Jay Graber, the C.E.O. of the upstart social-media platform Bluesky, arrived in San Francisco the Sunday after Donald Trump’s reëlection and holed up in a hotel room.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
So, in 2023, with a wellspring of material pouring out of him, Keery holed up in New York City's Electric Lady Studios with longtime collaborator Adam Thein.
—EW.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Alex Ross, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Ramos pleaded guilty last August to the 2019 murder of police rookie Tara O’Sullivan, who had accompanied Ramos’ former girlfriend to retrieve her belongings from the Del Paso Heights home where he was holed up and behaving erratically.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Jay Graber, the C.E.O. of the upstart social-media platform Bluesky, arrived in San Francisco the Sunday after Donald Trump’s reëlection and holed up in a hotel room.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
So, in 2023, with a wellspring of material pouring out of him, Keery holed up in New York City's Electric Lady Studios with longtime collaborator Adam Thein.
—EW.com, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hole up
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hole%20up. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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