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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Mental Stimulation: Keep your dog's mind engaged with interactive games such as hide-and-seek and tug-of-war.
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
These also provide chances to appear and disappear while still on stage, as though playing hide-and-seek in a woodland.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
See my detailed analysis of this hide-and-seek gambit at the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
With their colossal bodies and ponderous feet, elephants have never struck me as masters of hide-and-seek.
—Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
These also provide chances to appear and disappear while still on stage, as though playing hide-and-seek in a woodland.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
See my detailed analysis of this hide-and-seek gambit at the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
With their colossal bodies and ponderous feet, elephants have never struck me as masters of hide-and-seek.
—Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hide-and-seek
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“Hide-and-seek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hide-and-seek. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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