hideout
or hide-out
a safe place for hiding, especially from the law.
Origin of hideout
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How to use hideout in a sentence
Once the virus inhabits its new hideout, the immune system can’t eradicate it, nor can drug treatments.
After 40 years of AIDS, here’s why we still don’t have an HIV vaccine | Erin Garcia de Jesús | June 4, 2021 | Science NewsThe hideout is a playable lobby, which Velan notes could be experimented with, although it didn’t comment on whether “Knockout City” will begin to support in-game concerts like “Fortnite” and “Roblox” do.
‘Knockout City’ promises affordable dodgeball fun, with many updates to come | Shannon Liao | May 21, 2021 | Washington PostThe large hood feels extra protective, like your very own turtle-shell hideout.
Long-Term Review: These Are the Best Women's Fleeces | Anna Callaghan | April 13, 2021 | Outside OnlineFor all the monument’s hideouts, there were only so many areas one would normally patrol, with just an eight-mile-long, dead-end road, a single campground, and a system of trails that could be hiked in a single day.
The Search for a Ranger Who Was Lost and Never Found | Brendan Borrell | April 1, 2021 | Outside OnlineNow a state park, the cave itself once served as a hideout for outlaws and river pirates.
A day’s drive from Chicago, exploring a very different Illinois | Carson Vaughan | February 12, 2021 | Washington Post
Not until the army fires an explosive into their hideout and the mall burns down does the ordeal finally reach closure.
Westgate's Chilling Security Video Reveals Shopping Mall Bloodbath | Nina Strochlic | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTZawahiri made the tape in his hideout in Pakistan, no doubt, and many Indians suspect the ISI is helping to protect him.
Nuclear Pakistan's Spies Target India—and Their Own Prime Minister | Bruce Riedel | September 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe setting is in a room that has the look of a hideout such as insurgents would favor.
From ISIS Videos to JLaw Nudes, When Is Looking Abetting Evil? | Michael Daly | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter receiving confirmation that the amendment had been approved, Escobar finally revealed the location of his hideout.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens | Jeff Campagna | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLast week, al Qaeda issued a statement from his hideout in Pakistan that urged Egyptians to fight the army coup.
But for that price I'll see that you and all your boys get a nice cool spot to hideout in, somewhere a long way from New York.
This proved to be an ancient red brick lodging house which would have made an excellent hideout for a criminal.
This time the words of the Eye's message were clearly projected onto the ceiling of the crimester's hideout.
We could act as guides for the girls and at the same time perhaps discover a clue to the hideout of the rustlers.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O | Clair BlankAnd then tonight, after Lefty gave us this hideout location, I didn't have time to explain again.
British Dictionary definitions for hideout
/ (ˈhaɪdˌaʊt) /
a hiding place, esp a remote place used by outlaws, etc; hideaway
to remain deliberately concealed, esp for a prolonged period of time
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hideout
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]
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