hiding

noun

/ˈhaɪdɪŋ/

Idioms

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[uncountable] the state of being hidden
- in/into hiding We spent months in hiding.
- After the trial, she had to go into hiding for several weeks.
- out of hiding He only came out of hiding ten years after the war was over.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + hiding
- go into
- come out of
preposition
- in hiding
See full entry
[uncountable] the act of hiding something
- I could understand the hiding of certain military secrets.
[countable, usually singular] (especially British English, informal) a physical punishment, usually involving being hit hard many times synonym beating
- to give somebody/get a (good) hiding
- (figurative) The team got a hiding in their last game.

Word Originnoun sense 2 early 19th cent.: from hide ‘animal skin’ + -ing.noun sense 1 Middle English: from hide ‘conceal’ + -ing.

Idioms

on a hiding to nothing

(British English, informal) having no chance of success, or not getting much advantage even if you do succeedTopics Difficulty and failurec2

单词	hiding
释义	hiding noun /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/ /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/ Idioms jump to other results [uncountable] the state of being hidden in/into hiding We spent months in hiding. After the trial, she had to go into hiding for several weeks. out of hiding He only came out of hiding ten years after the war was over. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + hiding go into come out of preposition in hiding See full entry [uncountable] the act of hiding something I could understand the hiding of certain military secrets. [countable, usually singular] (especially British English, informal) a physical punishment, usually involving being hit hard many times synonym beating to give somebody/get a (good) hiding (figurative) The team got a hiding in their last game. Word Originnoun sense 2 early 19th cent.: from hide ‘animal skin’ + -ing.noun sense 1 Middle English: from hide ‘conceal’ + -ing. Idioms on a hiding to nothing (British English, informal) having no chance of success, or not getting much advantage even if you do succeedTopics Difficulty and failurec2
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