hide away

verb

To stash or store something in a secret location.

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Meanings

verbhide away (third-person singular simple present hides away, present participle hiding away, simple past hid away, past participle hidden away)

present singular third person hides away · participle present hiding away · past hid away · participle past hidden away

  1. transitiveTo stash or store something in a secret location.

    You gotta take it hide it away / I′ve been told that it's much better / When you′re growing old, taking life easy / But you have to know where your life will go

    1979, Cheryl Lynn, “Hide It Away”, in In Love
    1 more example

    ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’

    1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
  2. intransitiveTo hide, to be hidden.

Synonyms & antonyms

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hidestifle
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Chicago

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