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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Instead of merely making a tent that's as light as possible at the cost of comfort, Durston understands that backpackers and mountaineers will be living in their tent night after night and might very well be holed up for days on end, waiting out dangerous weather and conditions.
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New Atlas, 6 May 2025
With few, if any, holes up front or on the back end, the Hurricanes are a very hard team to match up against.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 May 2025
At first, he was holed up on some fishing boat in Alaska.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 24 Apr. 2025
Ziemer, a PhD student and teacher at the university, was already holed up in a conference room on the third floor of an academic building with her coworkers and faculty from another program who let them in for shelter.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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New Atlas, 6 May 2025
With few, if any, holes up front or on the back end, the Hurricanes are a very hard team to match up against.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 May 2025
At first, he was holed up on some fishing boat in Alaska.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 24 Apr. 2025
Ziemer, a PhD student and teacher at the university, was already holed up in a conference room on the third floor of an academic building with her coworkers and faculty from another program who let them in for shelter.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 18 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 23 May. 2025.
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