hole up

as in to hide
to remain out of sight we'll hole up in the cellar and wait out the hurricane

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Recent Examples of hole up Secret Service agents stationed a few holes up from where Trump was playing golf noticed the muzzle of an AK-style rifle sticking through the shrubbery that lines the course, roughly 400 yards away. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2024 Anderson also visited Assange regularly when he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London seeking asylum from 2012 to 2019. Emily Maddick, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024 The fact that Beckham had her foot holed up in a medical boot last season did not lead her to tracksuit temptation. Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024 While multiple law enforcement agencies scanned the country for any sign of them, the couple had been holed up in Motel 41 for a week, eating pizza and plotting their next move. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hole up 
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  • The Super Bowl contender hiding in plain sight Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper signed a 13-year, $330 million contract in early 2019 in what was a record deal at the time.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • But Bill Belichick has nothing in particular to offer when journalists ask about coaches hiding the effects of the disease.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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  • Then blitz a weakside linebacker who is lurking in the shadows.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
  • This is the cosmos’ way of nudging you to confront what’s been lurking underneath the surface.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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  • One answer lies in a unique facet of human psychology – specifically, in how people manage the fear aroused by existential threats.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • His work lies at the interface of math, statistics, information theory, signal processing and scientific computing.
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024

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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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