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Meaning of hole up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole.
    intransitive
  2. To hide.
    intransitive

Examples

“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.”
“The guerrillas holed up in a small cave.”
“The battle ended a two-day siege of an apartment block, where the suspects were holed up.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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