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Synonyms

hide out

Idioms  

  1. Go into or stay in hiding, especially from the authorities. For example, The cattle thieves hid out in the canyon, or He decided to hide out from the press. [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

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Despite the check in gains, some analysts continue to see banks as the best place to hide out if the war continues.

From The Wall Street Journal

“But the flip side of that was being able to sort of hide out, and not show my face. I would just go on these long walks, weeping.”

From Los Angeles Times

Overseas also seemed like a good place to hide out from worries about a bubble in artificial-intelligence stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal

She let me sleep through Monday, and for two days after that I skipped school and hid out in the library.

From Literature

I hid out in my room for a couple of days, watching TV shows and movies, including Will Smith’s “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and Chris Rock’s “New Jack City.”

From Salon

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