hide out

1. 1.

   be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety

   “Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding”

   “She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana”

   Synonymshide

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Questions about hide out

What does hide out mean?

hide out means "be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety".

What is another word for hide out?

Close synonyms include hide. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hide out a common word?

hide out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.