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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Musk had been holed up in the Secretary of War Suite of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building for several weeks, communicating with the public mostly by posting online.
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Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
Capone was holed up in Florida at the time but is believed to have sent four assassins to take out Moran and his operatives.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
The program won two Daytime Emmys, as well as a nomination for guest star Ed Asner, who plays a rundown Santa Claus holed up in a New York City cookie bar, drowning his sorrows in a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a frosty mug of milk.
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Suffering from writer’s block, under pressure, and out of place while holed up in a cheap L.A. hotel, Fink’s world starts to spiral.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2025
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Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
Capone was holed up in Florida at the time but is believed to have sent four assassins to take out Moran and his operatives.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
The program won two Daytime Emmys, as well as a nomination for guest star Ed Asner, who plays a rundown Santa Claus holed up in a New York City cookie bar, drowning his sorrows in a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a frosty mug of milk.
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Suffering from writer’s block, under pressure, and out of place while holed up in a cheap L.A. hotel, Fink’s world starts to spiral.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 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 4 Mar. 2025.
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