Collocations for "hole"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "hole" in context.
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hole
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [deep, wide, small] hole
- a [cigarette, punch hole]
- a (supermassive) black hole
- go to the (old) watering hole
- don't go down that rabbit hole
- [make, dig, drill] a hole
- [fix, repair, darn, stitch] the hole
- a hole in the [ground, wall, roof]
- there's a hole in my [dress, jacket, shoe]
- fell through a hole
- stepped in a hole
- water seeped [into, out of] the hole
- [went, fell] down a click hole
- a hole in your [logic, argument, reasoning]
- picked holes in their [argument]
- [has, was born with] a hole in the heart
- slang: shut your hole!
- slang: this place is a hole
- golf: [shot, hit, made] a hole in one
- golf: the [first, ninth, 18th] hole
- slang: I'm in the hole for ($500)
- slang: I'm ($500) in the hole
- UK: a recipe for toad in the hole
- a hole [punch, puncher]
- hole up in a [shed, bunker, cabin]
- the [soldiers, troops] were holed up
- is holed up inside
- holed herself up in [her room, the hotel]
- holed with [corrosion, rust]
- holed with [skepticism, doubt]
- holed the [putt, last shot, birdie]
- holed out [in five, for par]
'hole' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ace
- billion
- blast
- block
- bottom
- chew
- chisel
- collapse
- crawl
- crotch
- darn
- deep
- dig
- drain
- drill
- drip
- driver
- drop
- eagle
- earring
- emerge
- fall
- fang
- ferret
- fill
- fit
- gush
- gust
- hiss
- jump
- kick
- lace
- lean
- lip
- massive
- mouse
- over
- par
- pass
- pigeon
- plaster
- plug
- plump
- pocket
- prick
- puddle
- punch
- rabbit
- ragged
- rim