Escape
Hole up
Both terms in one sentence
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Ash manages to turn this to his advantage: he and a few men hole up in a building and let Foxx besiege them, giving the rest of his forces time to escape and regroup.
Source: Manga / Banana Fish - He's forced sober when they hole up in an abandoned government base to escape assassins.
Source: Nailed To The Wagon -
The former usually has nigh-invulnerable zombies and forces players to hole up in buildings and last as long as possible (or escape an area), and the latter is the standard "needs a headshot" kill.
Source: Video Game / Counter-Strike
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