hole up (somewhere)

hole up (somewhere)
hole up (somewhere)
1. to take shelter somewhere. •

During the blizzard, we holed up in a lean-to made of branches.

Looks like bad weather coming. We'd better find a place to hole up.

2. to hide somewhere. •

The police are looking for me. I need somewhere to hole up.

The outlaw holed up in a cave.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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