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
Responding officers found the passageway, then found the hideout.
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Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025
This hamster cage comes with a water bottle, exercise wheel, food dish, and a hideout.
—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
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Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025
This hamster cage comes with a water bottle, exercise wheel, food dish, and a hideout.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideout
Noun
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The mid-century offered more literal interpretations of cave living, from The Flintstones (1960) to the villainous Bond lair, often hidden within or carved into cliffs.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
7 Nov. 2025
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But the Demogorgon catches up, dragging Will into the decaying lair of Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), looking as menacing as ever.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Past research has found that the horns may provide the bees with defense against competitors for floral resources, defense against females over nest sites, as well as collecting resin, pebble, or sand for cell closures.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Seattle has a few blue-chip players who set the tone weekly, but facing this unit is like walking into a hornet’s nest and being swarmed from every direction.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Also on the second floor is a gallery space for sculpture, plus a spacious guest room furnished as a den.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
11 Nov. 2025
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Dogs are naturally den animals who will gravitate toward a small, secure place to curl up in.—
Madeline Gunderson,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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The €25 million (about $27 million) glass-and-stone residence, part coastal hideaway, part statement about where the island’s luxury market is headed, sprawls across three levels on two hillside plots.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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As for dining and nightlife, the hotel will feature two restaurants and, yes, a dance floor to fill the void felt by Giorgio’s, a decadent disco hideaway named for the Italian father of the genre, Giorgio Moroder.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Hideout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideout. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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