put in the hole

ADJECTIVE

concealed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

buried camouflaged covered planted veiled

STRONG

cached enshrouded guarded masked obscure obscured screened secreted shrouded stashed

WEAK

covered up covert holed up hush-hush hushed up incog incognito inconspicuous perdu privy recondite tucked away ulterior under wraps unseen

Antonyms

WEAK

bare clear disclosed exposed obvious open plain revealed shown told uncovered

VERB

cache

Synonyms

STRONG

accumulate bury conceal cover ditch duck ensconce maintain park plant save screen secrete squirrel stash store

WEAK

lay away put away squirrel away stash away

Antonyms

STRONG

forget ignore lay bare open reveal squander tell uncover waste

Example Sentences

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Being put in the hole makes you more angry, not less.

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2017

But as soon as we created a hole that went underneath the obelisk, a long granite block was put in the hole to support it.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

The superior said that the opening in the membrane should be enlarged, and that a ladder should be put in the hole, so that the bodies could be carried out.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

In the first place, Old Dan didn’t want to be put in the hole head first.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

But I'm in no sech fix financial as makes it right for me to get put in the hole for fifty thousand dollars by no stranger, however intimate we be.

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry

put in the hole

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