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holed up

ADJECTIVE

concealed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

buried camouflaged covered planted veiled

STRONG

cached enshrouded guarded masked obscure obscured screened secreted shrouded stashed

WEAK

covered up covert hush-hush hushed up incog incognito inconspicuous perdu privy put in the hole recondite tucked away ulterior under wraps unseen

Antonyms

WEAK

bare clear disclosed exposed obvious open plain revealed shown told uncovered

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The only break in the show’s near decade-long history came during the COVID-19 pandemic, when artists all around the city were holed up in their homes with nowhere to play.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

The president spent most of the afternoon holed up with key aides in the Oval Office, taking calls and listening to pros and cons of the proposal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Around one million Goma residents were holed up in their homes on January 26, 2025, when the Congolese army and its allies were forced to pull out of the provincial capital.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

We talked to Slash about a week before Halloween Horror Nights opened from Orlando, Fla., where he was holed up recording an album with his band the Conspirators.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

While Taryn and Mrs. Bishop ran a few errands, Ivy holed up in Taryn’s room and drew her first complete treehouse picture since the tornado.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

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