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Hole up   /hoʊl əp/   Listen
Hole up

verb
1.
Remain secluded or in hiding.
2.
Score a hole in one.
3.
Sleep during winter.  Synonym: hibernate.





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"Hole up" Quotes from Famous Books



... given the hole up," I protested. "You don't know how many you've played. According to the rules, if I ask you how many, and you give ...
— The Sunny Side • A. A. Milne
... hole below there is my window when he is in bed and asleep; I can see his face through it. The hole a little above it enables me to watch him while he is seated at the table, and writing or reading; and through the hole up here I can see his face when he ...
— Andreas Hofer • Lousia Muhlbach
... to Red Gap about December first hoping to hole up for the winter and get thoroughly warmed through before spring. Little did I know our growing metropolis was to be torn by dissension until you didn't know who was speaking to who. And all because of a lady Bohemian ...
— Ma Pettengill • Harry Leon Wilson
... no mo' 'en I'se trimblin' dis minute, an' you drap dat 'Mista.' Den w'at you reckon? Yonda come Pere Antoine; he come an' stan' in de doo' an' he hole up he han'; look like he ain't 'feard no body an' he 'low: 'Gregor Sanchun, how is you dar' come in dis heah peaceful town frowin' of it into disorda an' confusion? Ef you isn't 'feard o' man; hasn't you got no fear o' God A'mighty wat ...
— At Fault • Kate Chopin
... laughed. "Not much, it ain't. This is tobacco country; you seen that for yourself today. An' there's guerrillas to give the Yankees trouble. They hole up in the Brelsford Caves, six or seven miles outta town. We can ride right in, and there ain't ...
— Ride Proud, Rebel! • Andre Alice Norton
... debated the point with himself. "To the scene of the crime," he said. "It's not good, and they may look for us there. But we can hole up for a few days till the hunt dies down. It might be the last place Big Ed would expect to find us. Later, unless we find something in the Martian workings, we'll head for the ...
— Master of the Moondog • Stanley Mullen


Words linked to "Hole up" :   tally, score, aestivate, sleep, golf, hide, kip, log Z's, hide out, rack up, hibernate, catch some Z's, slumber, golf game, estivate, hit


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