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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The conversation was most intense Wednesday morning when Gee (no one calls him by his first name or surname) and four friends, his unofficial brain trust, gathered in a backroom hideaway for their weekly breakfast club.
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David Maraniss, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
La Casa de la Playa: Playa del Carmen, Mexico
A close second in reader voting, this Playa del Carmen hideaway is a 63-room boutique hotel that feels super-exclusive while also offering access to all the amenities of the Grupo Xcaret development.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
However, ashamed by the vampire-like hunger of the najin that lives inside of her, Chae-ok lives mostly in isolation, emerging from her hideaways only when taking on a missing person case.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
Before booking, contact the property to confirm their technical abilities to capture the asteroid, but rest assured—at these spectacularly remote hideaways, even a single moon is bound to impress.
—Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2024
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David Maraniss, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
La Casa de la Playa: Playa del Carmen, Mexico
A close second in reader voting, this Playa del Carmen hideaway is a 63-room boutique hotel that feels super-exclusive while also offering access to all the amenities of the Grupo Xcaret development.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
However, ashamed by the vampire-like hunger of the najin that lives inside of her, Chae-ok lives mostly in isolation, emerging from her hideaways only when taking on a missing person case.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
Before booking, contact the property to confirm their technical abilities to capture the asteroid, but rest assured—at these spectacularly remote hideaways, even a single moon is bound to impress.
—Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Hideaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideaway. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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