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hole in the wall

noun

  1. another name for cash dispenser

  2. a small dingy place, esp one difficult to find

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

A small, modest, or obscure place, as in My new apartment is just a hole in the wall, or Believe it or not, that little hole in the wall is a great restaurant. This graphic term is often used disparagingly. [First half of 1800s]
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One of Delos Reyes' devices had videos of men using the toilet filmed through a hole in the wall.

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The sheriff's office released images of the hole in the wall, which shows what the piping fixture looked like before the toilet was ripped out.

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Through a hole in the wall of one house, some crockery had remained impossibly upright on a shelf - while everything else around lay shattered or burned.

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So, instead of expressing yourself in a way that will help you address whatever is making you angry, you might punch a hole in the wall or go out and get plastered.

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“He meant it and it made me want to punch a hole in the wall,” Oliver said.

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