hole up

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hole up

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

verb holes up · holing up · holed up

intransitive To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole. In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan bears enter winter dens in October; in the South, later; even in Florida bears “hole up” during the coldest weather.
intransitive To hide. The guerrillas holed up in a small cave.

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@misc{hole_up_2026,
  title = {hole up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hole%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}