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
But then the 42-year-old and her husband spent the pandemic holed up in a 500-square-foot West Village apartment, only to reemerge to TikTok crowds swarming neighborhood standbys like Bus Stop (going out for dinner anywhere suddenly involved two-hour lines).
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 18 Feb. 2025
Jon, meanwhile, holes up in his squalid quarters surrounded by takeout containers and dirty clothes while hooked onto a cheap-looking VR game that hardly inspires the wonderment in us it’s supposed to in him.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
But the president-elect’s post reflects the way his resort, where he’s largely been holed up since the election, has become a salon and celebration for his movement.
—Adriana Gomez Licon and Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 18 Feb. 2025
Jon, meanwhile, holes up in his squalid quarters surrounded by takeout containers and dirty clothes while hooked onto a cheap-looking VR game that hardly inspires the wonderment in us it’s supposed to in him.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
But the president-elect’s post reflects the way his resort, where he’s largely been holed up since the election, has become a salon and celebration for his movement.
—Adriana Gomez Licon and Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hole%20up. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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