hole up (also be holed up) phrasal verbphr v informal HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEto hide somewhere for a period of time 躲藏 in/with/at The gunmen are still holed up in the town. 那几个持枪歹徒仍然躲在镇上。
hole up• The gang holed up in a cheap hotel for a few weeks.• The FBI believes that Richards is holed up on an estate in Colombia.• We were all planning to hole up till the trouble blew over.
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