go into hiding
idiom
: to go to a secret place where one will not be found
She went into hiding to avoid reporters and television cameras.
Examples of go into hiding in a Sentence
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Once daylight savings time starts, the whistles go into hiding in the NBA.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
Belgium’s justice minister had to go into hiding in 2022 after threats on his life from organized crime.
—Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
Even those refugees face a future of uncertainty, many still waiting to be admitted to the US and other Western nations, while some have been waiting so long they were forcibly deported back to Afghanistan and had to go into hiding.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
Both women remain anonymous for fears of their safety, but online trolls have been able to identify them and posted their details online, forcing the women to leave their respective homes and go into hiding, according to Pinter.
—Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 15 July 2023
Moss and Freeman were subject to intense harassment following the false accusations, and were forced to go into hiding due to death threats and racial slurs.
—Julie Coleman, Forbes, 21 June 2022
The authors of a new paper on the impact of Covid-19 lockdown measures may also have to go into hiding, for revealing their true impact on everyday people.
—Mario Loyola, National Review, 3 Feb. 2022
Flight attendant Kate Jewell must go into hiding when the man of her dreams becomes increasingly jealous and violent.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
After Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger refuted Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud in the state’s 2020 presidential election, his family had to leave their home and go into hiding.
—Time, 4 Nov. 2022
Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
Belgium’s justice minister had to go into hiding in 2022 after threats on his life from organized crime.
—Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
Even those refugees face a future of uncertainty, many still waiting to be admitted to the US and other Western nations, while some have been waiting so long they were forcibly deported back to Afghanistan and had to go into hiding.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
Both women remain anonymous for fears of their safety, but online trolls have been able to identify them and posted their details online, forcing the women to leave their respective homes and go into hiding, according to Pinter.
—Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 15 July 2023
Moss and Freeman were subject to intense harassment following the false accusations, and were forced to go into hiding due to death threats and racial slurs.
—Julie Coleman, Forbes, 21 June 2022
The authors of a new paper on the impact of Covid-19 lockdown measures may also have to go into hiding, for revealing their true impact on everyday people.
—Mario Loyola, National Review, 3 Feb. 2022
Flight attendant Kate Jewell must go into hiding when the man of her dreams becomes increasingly jealous and violent.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
After Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger refuted Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud in the state’s 2020 presidential election, his family had to leave their home and go into hiding.
—Time, 4 Nov. 2022
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“Go into hiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20into%20hiding. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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