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
If houses go up on that land, the home will be more visible — no longer a hideaway, but the calling card that Lym never asked for.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2025
Laying low at Frank’s hideaway, Castle sews up his own bullet wound, while Karen cleans up Matt’s.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 15 Apr. 2025
The building, located next to the Arc de Triomphe, has become a celebrity hang in a few short months, a hideaway that comes alive as the night progresses.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Casa de Sierra Nevada doesn’t feel like a hotel so much as a private hideaway suspended in time.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2025
Laying low at Frank’s hideaway, Castle sews up his own bullet wound, while Karen cleans up Matt’s.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 15 Apr. 2025
The building, located next to the Arc de Triomphe, has become a celebrity hang in a few short months, a hideaway that comes alive as the night progresses.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Casa de Sierra Nevada doesn’t feel like a hotel so much as a private hideaway suspended in time.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideaway
Noun
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Up until the al-Qaeda forces discover their hideout, the action is contained to mundane activities: confirming operations, tracking other platoons’ movements.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
7 May 2025
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Based on a true story, a father and son in a warzone hospital face life-or-death choices as their hideout becomes increasingly compromised.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Fitting for an actor, the house hides a cinematic lair.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Kelly scooped at the firm snow, tiny icicles swaying from his white mustache, but couldn’t find a lair.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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“Hideaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideaway. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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