hole up
Related to hole up: let alone, stick to, shove off, slack off, bumped into
hole up
To stay in a particular place as a refuge from something. We just holed up at home with some good movies while it snowed all weekend. The cops are going to find us holed up here eventually.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
hole up
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 American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
hole up
v.
1. To hibernate in or as if in a hole: The weather outside was cold, so the rabbits holed up in their warren.
2. To take refuge in or as if in a hideout: The thieves holed up in a remote cabin until the police stopped looking for them.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
hole up
in. to hide (somewhere). I just want to hole up until the whole matter is settled.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- be snowed out
- snow out
- secret hideout
- have a (good) sniff around
- have a sniff around
- be (sitting) on (one's) tail
- have a poke around
- sniff around
- snoop
- snoop around