hole in English
- hole⇄adj. holeless.
- hole⇄expr. blow a hole in, to damage, weaken, or ruin.
Ex. The provision blows a hole in the entire fabric that the Supreme Court has woven to deter official lawlessness (Time). - hole⇄expr. burn a hole in one's pocket, (of money) to make a person want very much to spend it.
Ex. The dollar burned a hole in the boy's pocket until he bought candy and ice cream with it. - hole⇄expr. hole out, to hit a golf ball into a hole.
Ex. An uppish stroke off the last ball of Goodwin's opening saw him hole out (London Times). - hole⇄expr. hole up,
a. to go or put into a hole.
Ex. In November the badgers all hole up for the winter.
b. (Figurative:)
Ex. The robbers holed up in an old cabin. - hole⇄expr. in the hole,
a. in debt or financial difficulties.
Ex. Fort Wayne's symphony was $22,000 in the hole, but contributions pulled it out (Wall Street Journal).
b. (of a card in stud poker) not showing; face down.
Ex. He was a - hole⇄expr. make a hole in, (Informal.) to use up a large amount of.
Ex. An average daily consumption of four glasses ... makes a hole in the income of the working class (Spectator). - hole⇄expr. pick holes in, to find fault with; criticize.
Ex. We do not go to visit a neighbour, in order to pick holes in him and his establishment (Dinah M. Mulock). - hole⇄expr. shoot full of holes, to criticize; show the fault with.
Ex. His harebrained scheme was shot full of holes by the older boys. - hole⇄hole, noun, verb, holed,holing.
- hole⇄noun 1. an open place; opening; gap.
Ex. a hole in a sock.
2. a hollow place in something solid.
Ex. a hole in the road. Swiss cheese has holes in it.
3a. a hollow place in the earth in which an animal lives; burrow.
Ex. R - hole⇄v.i. 1. to make a hole or holes.
2. to go into a hole. - hole⇄v.t. 1. to make a hole or holes in; perforate.
2. to make (a hole); sink (a shaft); bore (a tunnel).
3. to hit or drive (a golf ball) into a hole.
Ex. Pattinson missed only one putt that looked holeable and holed a good number that we
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