hideaway
Americannoun
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a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge.
His hideaway is in the mountains.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of hideaway
1870–75; noun, adj. use of verb phrase (transitive) hide ( something ) away or (intransitive) hide away
Example Sentences
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The rise of the hideaway was well timed as consumers have been cutting back on snack purchases after filling up at the pump, hitting convenience store sales.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Four years before purchasing their Malibu hideaway, Gadot and Varsano purchased an enormous primary residence in the tony Beverly Crest community in Beverly Hills, records show.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
"We wanted somewhere that was isolated, where one of our characters, played by the wonderful Paul Chahidi has a hideaway in Wales where he uses to get away from the world," Cornwall said.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
The Henry Murray Stage upstairs at the Matrix Theatre has been transformed into an adolescent hideaway, where music and literature are the only salves for alienated brooding.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
It would be more than a clue; it would be like booking anyone looking for them on a chartered bus ride straight to the hideaway.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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