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holes up

holes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hole up.

Meaning of hole up

Verb

hole up (third-person singular simple present holes up, present participle holing up, simple past and past participle holed up)

  1. (intransitive) To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole.
    • In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan bears enter winter dens in October; in the South, later; even in Florida bears “hole up” during the coldest weather.1998, John Whitaker, William Hamilton, Mammals of the Eastern United States, page 424
  2. (intransitive) To hide.
    • The guerrillas holed up in a small cave.

Questions about holes up

What is holes up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Holes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hole up.

Words near holes up in the dictionary

  1. holes
  2. Holes Bay
  3. holes in one
  4. holes in the head
  5. holes out
  6. holes up
  7. holes-in-the-wall
  8. holesaw
  9. holesaws
  10. Holeses
  11. holesful

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