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Verb: hole up
  1. Remain secluded or in hiding
    "He is writing his book and is holing up in his study"
     
  2. Score a hole in one
     
  3. Sleep during winter
    - hibernate

Derived forms: holed up, holing up, holes up

Type of: catch some Z's, hide, hide out, hit, kip [Brit], log Z's, rack up, score, sleep, slumber, tally

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hole-and-corner
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hole-in-the-wall
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holiday
holiday home
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holiday season
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