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make a hole in

Idioms  
  1. see under pick apart.


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"Even more shocking, she'd say that eating gluten and soya yoghurt, even, would make a hole in her tummy and she couldn't have babies."

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2021

And she heard this banging and smashing like somebody was trying to make a hole in the wall.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2021

In general, frog embryos use enzymes released from special "hatching glands" to make a hole in the egg membrane.

From The Verge ● Jun. 15, 2016

I used a pencil to make a hole in the soil of each pot.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2015

On the third hole, I make a hole in one and brag more than I should.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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