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Hole up

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole. intransitive

    "In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan bears enter winter dens in October; in the South, later; even in Florida bears “hole up” during the coldest weather."

  2. 2
    sleep during winter wordnet
  3. 3
    To hide. intransitive

    "The guerrillas holed up in a small cave."

  4. 4
    score a hole in one wordnet
  5. 5
    remain secluded or in hiding wordnet

Etymology

From hole + up. Attested from the 19th century.

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