A deep or isolated place of confinement; a dungeon.
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A deep place in a body of water.
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A fault or flaw: There are holes in your argument.
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A hollowed place in something solid; a cavity or pit: dug a hole in the ground with a shovel.
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An awkward situation; a predicament.
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phrasal-verb
Hole out Sports To hit a golf ball into the hole.
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Hole up Informal To take refuge in or as if in a hideout.
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Hole up To hibernate in or as if in a hole.
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idiom
In the hole At a disadvantage.
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In the hole Having a score below zero.
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In the hole In debt.
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verb-intransitive
To make a hole in something.
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verb-transitive
To put a hole in.
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To put or propel into a hole.
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