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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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
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Their meet-cute involves a pterodactyl, a number of plants that shoot paralyzing needles, and a nest in which Thia has been imprisoned.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Crutch is a widower and business owner who is just starting to enjoy his empty nest when his adult children and grandchildren move back into his brownstone.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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The pups are unlikely to be using the dens built by their parents, because typically those are used only for the first few months of life, Benedet said.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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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 €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 7 Nov. 2025.
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