hole
noun
an opening through something; gap; aperture.
had holed
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past perfectof hole.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He and his wife, Linda, had holed up on their Scotland farm, where he learned to pour cement and shear sheep while she worked on her musicianship and cooking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
A swipe off Cummins through to Alex Carey brought the mayhem to an end, with Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar piloting India to stumps after Nitish Kumar Reddy had holed out to Cummins at mid-off.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2025
Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, said the exchange included 63 fighters, who had holed up in the Azovstal steel plant while fiercely fighting Russian troops before ultimately surrendering last spring.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2023
And by the time DEA agents zeroed in on Liu, he had holed up in Hong Kong.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2022
Curly had holed up in the trailer for almost three hours, until the reptile wrangler pulled up to the gate.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
