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.
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After writing the book, Rushdie was banned in his native India and the author had to go into hiding after Iran's Ayotollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death.
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Social media platforms struggled to deal with abuse The extent of harassment and abuse that Gamergate’s victims experienced — forcing some to leave their homes and go into hiding — showed just how badly tech companies had failed to protect their users, Massanari and others said.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Another said she was threatened with rape; others received so many death threats they were forced to leave their homes and go into hiding.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 14 June 2024
Throughout the season, the press speculates that Yasmin's father, who stole money from the British elite, snuck off on this boat to either go into hiding or take his own life.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 16 Sep. 2024
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Social media platforms struggled to deal with abuse The extent of harassment and abuse that Gamergate’s victims experienced — forcing some to leave their homes and go into hiding — showed just how badly tech companies had failed to protect their users, Massanari and others said.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Another said she was threatened with rape; others received so many death threats they were forced to leave their homes and go into hiding.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 14 June 2024
Throughout the season, the press speculates that Yasmin's father, who stole money from the British elite, snuck off on this boat to either go into hiding or take his own life.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Go into hiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20into%20hiding. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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