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hole

2 verb
     
Related topics: Golf
hole2
1 [intransitive and transitive]DSG to hit the ball into a hole in golf:
He holed the putt with ease.
2

be holed

if a ship is holed, something makes a hole in it

hole out

phrasal verb
to hit the ball into a hole in golf

hole up

phrasal verb
to hide somewhere for a period of time
hole up in/with/at
The gunmen are still holed up in the town.
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