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(intransitive) To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole. / (originally US, intransitive) To hide.

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hole up

Source Word

hole up

intransitive

(intransitive) To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole. / (originally US, intransitive) To hide.

Japanese Meaning

隠れる、身を潜める / 隠れて安全な場所に身を寄せる

When the storm grew violent, the fox decided to hole up in an old burrow until morning.

嵐が激しくなったとき、キツネは朝まで古い巣穴に身を潜めることにした。

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole.

Sense（2）

(originally US, intransitive) To hide.

The guerrillas holed up in a small cave.

holes up

（ present singular third-person ）

holing up

（ participle present ）

holed up

（ participle past ）

holed up

（ past ）