English Explanatory Dictionary

hole up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole.
  2. To hide.

Word forms

hole up holes up holing up holed up

Etymology

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

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