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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

rintanarsi

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rintanarsi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hole-up/ˈhoʊl ʌp/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Si sono rintanati in casa per sfuggire al freddo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To hide or retire in a safe place, refuge, or home, typically for a prolonged period to avoid danger, trouble, or bad weather.

    "During the severe blizzard, the family decided to hole up in their cabin with plenty of supplies."
As noun
  1. 1

    A place of refuge or concealment; a hideout.

    "The detectives finally tracked the fugitive to his mountain hole-up."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'hole' (referring to a burrow, den, or hiding place) combined with the directional particle 'up', dating back to the mid-19th century in American English. Originally used in hunting and frontier contexts to describe animals or outlaws retreating into a secure shelter, it later broadened to mean taking temporary refuge.

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