hide-and-seek
one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them.
Origin of hide-and-seek
1- Also called hide-and-go-seek [hahyd-n-goh-seek]. /ˈhaɪd n goʊˈsik/.
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How to use hide-and-seek in a sentence
"Maybe he is just playing hide-and-go-seek with Splash," said Bunny.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour | Laura Lee HopeWe were playing hide-and-go-seek, and he went down a big pipe, and now I cant see him!
The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea | Laura Lee HopeMe and Freddie were playing hide-and-go-seek, and he hid down in a pipe painted red, and mother said it was a want-you-later.
The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea | Laura Lee HopeThey had enjoyed their games of "hide-and-go-seek" there so much during the past days that it had become for them a home.
The Cave by the Beech Fork | Henry S. SpaldingIt chatters to you, laughs at you, plays hide-and-go-seek with you, and never gets to be an old story.
Days in the Open | Lathan A. Crandall
British Dictionary definitions for hide-and-seek
a game in which one player covers his eyes and waits while the others hide, and then he tries to find them
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hide-and-seek
see play hide and seek.
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