as in lair
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
police found the stolen jewels under the floorboards in the thief's hideout, a cabin deep in the woods
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Recent Examples of hideout
Eventually, Ben stumbled upon a small cave — presumably the very hideout where Javi sought refuge after the terrifying Doomcoming hunt.
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Michaela Zee, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
The hideout's back room, behind the red velvet curtain, was the center of the party circuit this weekend in New Orleans.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Although scout spies can be costly, players can refill them by finding hideouts scattered around the world.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Agents of Sabotage is no different, adding meaningful upgrades with a new hideout in the Darnell Bros Garment Factory.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Michaela Zee, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
The hideout's back room, behind the red velvet curtain, was the center of the party circuit this weekend in New Orleans.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Although scout spies can be costly, players can refill them by finding hideouts scattered around the world.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Agents of Sabotage is no different, adding meaningful upgrades with a new hideout in the Darnell Bros Garment Factory.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideout
Noun
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The story is rife with twists and turns and Austin Powers–like villains, including an eyepatch-wearing former Nazi who lives in a lair at the top of a mountain.—
Andrea Duncan-Mao,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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People really do it every December when his Christmas album comes out of its lair.—
Julie Jordan,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Jackie is often seen doing yoga stretches, egg rolls and nest softening amid incubation periods, while Shadow can be seen bringing home fish and sticks.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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This year, Jackie welcomed the first of three eggs on Jan. 22, and laid two more within the next few days, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, a conservation organization that operates a live cam of the nest.—
Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Three small bedrooms sit in a line off a long hall that leads from the front door, followed by the bathroom, kitchen, and, at the front of the apartment, a large living room or dining room and, beyond a set of French doors, what could be a den, an office, or another bedroom.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
4 Mar. 2025
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Ridley Scott directs Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura in the first episode of a tale in which two small-fry thieves rob a drug den and become the target of a relentless kingpin.—
Shauna Lyon,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This Montego Bay hideaway has hosted everyone from John and Jackie Kennedy (who stayed in Villa 10) to Oscar Hammerstein (who wrote The Sound of Music while staying in Villa 12).—
Laura Begley Bloom,
AFAR Media,
27 Feb. 2025
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The storage options don’t stop here, though; hideaway padded shoulder straps can store additional items like chargers and travel-sized beauty products.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Hideout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideout. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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