hole up

We talked to Slash about a week before Halloween Horror Nights opened from Orlando, Fla., where he was holed up recording an album with his band the Conspirators.

The musician holed up in his bedroom, with a gun in the pocket and a Bible in his hand, and steady visits from his drug dealers.

But while Mr Ferro and his friends are holed up inside, others are relishing in the cold.

They have repeatedly criticized the federal operations for terrorizing immigrant communities, where business has slowed and many have holed up in their homes.

He is believed to be holed up, incommunicado, for the fear of being assassinated by Israel.