hole up

== English == === Etymology === From hole +‎ up. Attested from the 19th century. === Verb === hole up (third-person singular simple present holes up, present participle holing up, simple past and past participle holed up) (intransitive) To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole. (originally US, intransitive) To hide. 2005, BBC News, Thursday, 27 January, 2005, 18:50 GMT[2]: The battle ended a two-day siege of an apartment block, where the suspects were holed up. === References === “hole, v.1.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Anagrams === uphole