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hole up

verb

  1. (of an animal) to hibernate, esp in a cave

  2. informalto hide or remain secluded

“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

Take refuge or shelter, hide, as in I spent most of the cruise holed up in my cabin. This usage alludes to animals hibernating in winter or hiding from attack in caves or holes. [Late 1800s]
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The crowd-sourced effort to spread information about where federal agents are holed up plays out mostly online.

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Still, we wanted to learn about the quintessential L.A. spots the actor frequents when he’s in town — and not holed up on the Sunset Gower Studios for “Everybody’s Live” — or finds special meaning in.

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Tiffany Slaton, 28, an avid camper from Jeffersonville, Ga., had been missing in the Fresno County wilderness for almost three weeks when she was discovered Wednesday holed up in a cabin.

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She and her family were holed up in the shelter for four days, on and off, in brutal conditions.

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Five Venezuelan political figures holed up at the Argentinian Embassy in Caracas to avoid arrest have been brought to the US after a "successful rescue" mission, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

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