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Definition of hole up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hole up

phrasal verb

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hole up | be holed up

(informal) to hide in a place
- He'll hole up now and move again tomorrow, after dark.
- We believe the gang are holed up in the mountains.
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