hole up

as in to hide
to remain out of sight we'll hole up in the cellar and wait out the hurricane

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Recent Examples of hole up Now teens were holing up in garages across America in an attempt to create their own versions of the Fab Four. Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025 Now on the run after escaping from prison, Manchester holes up in a local Toys R’ Us for several months. Katherine Singh, Refinery29, 9 Sep. 2025 Away from a filthy Superdome and Convention Center where they had been holed up for days. Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025 McCartney is seen in this footage, holed up on a remote farm in Scotland with his wife Linda and their kids along with some sheep and horses. Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hole up
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  • Of course, the bags don’t actually hide anything; in fact, they are reserved specifically for, and definitively signal, the drinking of alcohol.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The measure, which has failed to make it through the Legislature twice before, would require insurance companies to cover additional screenings, like an MRI, for women diagnosed with breast tissue that can hide cancer from traditional mammograms.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • Roynon explains that color can lift good feng shui energy and mute any negative energy that may be lurking around.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025
  • However, Zandi still sees a precarious situation with many risks lurking that could flip the economy.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • It was considered immoral to lie and the whole point of writing things down back then was to increase morality and improve society, so there really is no didactic history of forgery.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Ironically, the football game itself is just a backdrop, the real experience lies beyond the field.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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