in a hole

1. see in a bind.

Example Sentences

He said: "I'm a northern bloke who grew up in Liverpool in the 80s - I've always been quite closed off...get your emotions, put them in a hole and build a carpark on top of them," he said.

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After it, he gave up five more hits and two more runs, putting the Dodgers in a hole from which they wouldn’t recover — especially not after Clayton Kershaw gave up five more runs in the top of the eighth.

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Larry Dabney got up next and said he heard a shot and saw me with a gun right after, saw me hand it to some people, including Loretta, and a few minutes later saw me hide the gun in a hole in the seat.

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Democrats are in a hole, and the retaliatory gerrymander of California only gets them a couple of rungs up the ladder.

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Really for the first time on tour, they were deep in a hole.

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