hole up

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по укрытию или поиску убежища в каком-либо месте, часто с целью избежать чего-либо или кого-либо.

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

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

1. Hide or take shelterinformal

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

   Укрыться

   • 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.

   Synonymsburrowhide outlie lowshelter

   Antonymsconfrontemergeexitfacesurface

2. Stay in one placeinformal

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

   Засесть

   • 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.

   Synonymshunker downremainshelterstaystay put

Base verbhole