hole up

• Sich an einen sicheren Ort zurückziehen oder dort verstecken, oft um Gefahr, Verfolgung oder unangenehmen Situationen zu entgehen; auch: sich verkriechen und abwarten.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of hiding or taking shelter in a place, often to avoid something or someone.

unzählbar · intransitiv · Phrasal, untrennbar

1. Hide or take shelterinformal

   To hide or take refuge in a place, often to avoid danger, detection, or unwanted attention.

   Sich verstecken

   • The fugitives holed up in an abandoned cabin in the woods.
   • During the storm, we holed up in a small motel.
   • He decided to hole up in his room and avoid the party.

   Synonymeburrowhide outlie lowshelter

   Antonymeconfrontemergeexitfacesurface

2. Stay in one placeinformal

   To remain in a particular place for a period of time, often to work or rest without interruption.

   Sich verkriechen

   • She holed up in the library to study for her exams.
   • The writer holed up in a remote cottage to finish his novel.
   • They holed up in a hotel room to watch movies all weekend.

   Synonymehunker downremainshelterstaystay put

Grundverbhole