as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others the novelist has a little hideaway in the country where he goes whenever he wants to do some serious writing

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Recent Examples of hideaway One family member reported having left the house only around three times since the return from the monthlong hideaway, the affidavit says. Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 19 May 2025 Cap-Eden-Roc's latest hideaway, a nine bedroom private villa on the estate, is now available to rent and here there's a combination of seclusion within 6,500 sqm of private grounds, while close enough to access the main hotel via a short stroll. Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025 Hamptons Beach House The one home the former couple shared with the world is their modernist Hamptons hideaway, which was published in an AD feature in November 2021. Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 30 May 2025 The Café Romano Lounge Bar is an intimate hideaway perfect for cozying up in a leather booth and sipping a martini, while the Ristorante Cafè Romano serves Roman classics and international standards like a burger and a Caesar salad. Erica Firpo, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hideaway
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Noun
  • Sipping sundowners at the glamorous beach clubs that propagate the sandy shores and cliffside hideouts along the French Riviera really shouldn’t take much convincing, but with so many charming seaside cities and villages to explore, deciding where to stay can be a challenge.
    Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 June 2025
  • One of South County’s most exclusive hideouts, the Elwood Club at Pendry Newport Beach, is about to commit a rare feat of hospitality: briefly flinging open the doors of its restaurant, Viamara, to us common folk.
    Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • The group follows Amelia into a secret lair in Silicon Valley where the '80s motherboard is locked away.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 28 June 2025
  • Thanks to an incessant stream of sensational newspaper articles and a nonstop rumor mill, the public had the idea of Hollywood as a lair of iniquity and debasement.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025

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“Hideaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideaway. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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