hide-and-seek
noun
: a children's game in which one player does not look while others hide and then goes to find them
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Hopefully, other neighborhoods around the country are similar to ours with kids riding bikes and playing hide-and-seek
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Who else remembers when getting mail was the most exciting thing ever?
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
Bonding exercises can be as simple as revisiting an old trick or playing hide-and-seek.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the writers, directors, crew, and cast push the plot to a point where monsters and humans are playing a deadly game of hide-and-seek in places with lots of nooks and crannies.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
The duo begin a frantic game of hide-and-seek, with the rabbit running from one side of the tree to the other as the fawn bounds after it.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
Bonding exercises can be as simple as revisiting an old trick or playing hide-and-seek.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the writers, directors, crew, and cast push the plot to a point where monsters and humans are playing a deadly game of hide-and-seek in places with lots of nooks and crannies.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
The duo begin a frantic game of hide-and-seek, with the rabbit running from one side of the tree to the other as the fawn bounds after it.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Hide-and-seek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hide-and-seek. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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