as in lair
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
police found the stolen jewels under the floorboards in the thief's hideout, a cabin deep in the woods
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Recent Examples of hideout
This hamster cage comes with a water bottle, exercise wheel, food dish, and a hideout.
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Jessie Quinn, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
The format works with three celebrities becoming living targets, and are given an hour’s head start to find a secret hideout somewhere in Europe.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
During the 1880s, the brothers lived here and made their livelihood rustling cattle and horses, while at the same time disposing of unsuspecting ranchers who wandered too close to their hideout.
—Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
If this were true, Solomon would learn all of this elder’s secret hideouts and survival tricks, resulting in a formidable pair for any hunter to take on.
—Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
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Jessie Quinn, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
The format works with three celebrities becoming living targets, and are given an hour’s head start to find a secret hideout somewhere in Europe.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
During the 1880s, the brothers lived here and made their livelihood rustling cattle and horses, while at the same time disposing of unsuspecting ranchers who wandered too close to their hideout.
—Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
If this were true, Solomon would learn all of this elder’s secret hideouts and survival tricks, resulting in a formidable pair for any hunter to take on.
—Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hideout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideout
Noun
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In his own secret lair, Vilgefortz learns from Istredd that Ciri possesses a the power to collapse space and time — not only for the Continent, but for other spheres of reality.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Free of blood and gore, Nightbooks follows a kid who loves scary stories until he is forced to tell a new one every night or stay trapped in a witch's lair forever.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, fencing was cut and pens and nest boxes were destroyed to release the mink, which are raised for their pelts, Fur Commission USA said.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The variety of sizes means each bowl perfectly nests within one another for easy organization in your cabinets.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Other highlights include a movie room, a reading den, a half basketball court, and a four-car garage.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
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The friend told police that Ashley’s sister messaged her saying Ashley told her Spillers was dead in the den of their home.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Murlo's nine luxurious villas on their sprawling estate for more of a hideaway than a hotel, just 45 minutes from Perugia.—
John Skelton,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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Sunyata is the bougie, cultish wellness retreat Lee suggests for Betty Jo’s hideaway — a place where Donald Washberg and his goons on the police force can’t find her.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Hideout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideout. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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