safe house
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safe house
noun
a dwelling or building whose conventional appearance makes it a safe or inconspicuous place for hiding, taking refuge, or carrying on clandestine activities.
Origin:
1960–65
1960–65
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| safe house | |
| —n | |
| a place used secretly by undercover agents, terrorists, etc, as a meeting place or refuge | |
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Example sentences
Fidel and his group started meeting in our home, using it as a safe house.
She can't be seen leaving the safe house, not at this late hour.
But it also served as a kind of safe house when, from time to time, he was in the down cycle of bipolar disorder.
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