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Definition of be holed up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

be holed up

phrasal verb
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hole up | be holed up
  1. (informal) to hide in a place
    • He'll hole up now and move again tomorrow, after dark.
    • We believe the gang are holed up in the mountains.
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