Synonyms for foxhole
ˈfɒksˌhoʊlfox·hole

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1. foxholenoun

   Synonyms:
   fighting hole, spider hole, dugout

2. foxholenoun

   A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.

   Synonyms:
   dugout, fighting hole, spider hole

3. foxholenoun

   an earth; the burrow in the ground where a red fox lives.

   Synonyms:
   dugout, spider hole, fighting hole

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1. foxhole, fox holenoun

   a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire

   Synonyms:
   fox hole

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1. • Dugout

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1. List of paraphrases for "foxhole":

   hole, nest, trench, shelter

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How to use foxhole in a sentence?

1. Jim Harbaugh:

   What they say, the they, to me that’s always been completely irrelevant. It means nothing whether they’re saying something good about you or something bad about you, all I know is there's a foxhole, we’re in it. And wherever the fire is coming from, we want to be running into it.

2. Joe Parks:

   PTSD is most likely whenthings occur over an extended period of time where you just have to be in it or sit in it, combat is like that: Youre in your foxhole, youre being shot at, and you have to stay there. Women get PTSD from domestic violence and they cant get out. Clearly, coronavirus can have that effect on people. You feel threatened and your lifes in danger, and you cant do anything about it.

3. Leo Connelly:

   I would go in a foxhole with him any day, I really believe he is there for us.

4. John Kerry:

   No, you don't, Mr. The President, you will never know what it is like to be in a foxhole or be in the front lines, be in an ambush, to be shot at, see your best friend killed in war, and I object to that.

5. Proverb:

   Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.