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hole up (somewhere)

1. to take shelter somewhere. During the blizzard, we holed up in a lean-to made of branches. Looks like bad weather coming. We'd better find a place to hole up.

2. to hide somewhere. The police are looking for me. I need somewhere to hole up. The outlaw holed up in a cave.

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