"hole up" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From hole + up. Attested from the 19th century.",
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      "form": "holes up",
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      "form": "holing up",
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      "form": "holed up",
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      "form": "holed up",
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          "ref": "1998, John Whitaker, William Hamilton, Mammals of the Eastern United States, page 424",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole."
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        "(intransitive) To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole."
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          "text": "The guerrillas holed up in a small cave."
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          "ref": "2005, BBC News, Thursday, 27 January, 2005, 18:50 GMThttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4211625.stm",
          "text": "The battle ended a two-day siege of an apartment block, where the suspects were holed up."
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        "To hide."
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        "(originally US, intransitive) To hide."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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  "word": "hole up"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "holing up",
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      "form": "holed up",
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      "form": "holed up",
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        "To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole."
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        "(intransitive) To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole."
      ],
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          "text": "The battle ended a two-day siege of an apartment block, where the suspects were holed up."
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        "To hide."
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        "(originally US, intransitive) To hide."
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