English

hole up

From hole + up.

A compound of hole + up

Proto-Germanic *hulaz ‘hollow’

Proto-Germanic *hulą ‘hollow space’

Proto-West Germanic *hol ‘hollow space, cavity’

Old English hol ‘hole, hollow place’

Middle English hole

English hole

Proto-Germanic *upp ‘up’

Proto-West Germanic *upp

Old English upp

Middle English up ‘to a vertical axis’

English up

The story

Attested from the 19th century.

verb To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.