| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| hole up |
hide and wait, find a place to stay until it is safe
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The robbers were holed up in a motel on Hastings Street.
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| hollow leg |
(See a hollow leg)
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| holy cow |
that is exciting, geez, gosh, wow
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Holy cow! That car just about crashed into us!
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| holy Moses |
that is amazing, gosh, holy Toledo, wow
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Holy Moses! What a lot of birds! There must be a million!
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| holy pile |
(See a holy pile)
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| holy smoke |
what a sight, holy cow, wow
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Holy smoke, he was weird! He had purple hair!
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| holy Toledo |
how exciting, holy Moses, wow
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Holy Toledo, he has big muscles! They're huge!
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| home free |
finished a job, free to go home or away
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Two more newspapers to deliver and we're home free - finished.
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| home run (baseball) |
the batter scores a run on one hit (See grand slam)
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I remember the game when Rusty hit three home runs.
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| home stretch |
the last part of the journey or race
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On the home stretch we drove slower. We wanted to feel relaxed when we got home.
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