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
Paradise Coast—Naples, Marco Island, and the Everglades—offers year-round beauty, from full-service waterfront resorts to secluded hideaways.
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Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
After dark, each venue reveals its own character—the Supper Club with live performances and a vibrant dinner scene, and the Omakase Speakeasy, an intimate hideaway that transports members straight to Tokyo.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2025
Each hideaway is a maze of split levels and staircases latticed by a waterfall and two plunge pools.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025
Those travels took us everywhere from private islands in the Seychelles to rice paddies in Northern Thailand, from Gothic Revival landmarks in Belgium to barefoot Caribbean hideaways, alongside buzzy new openings in cities like Osaka and Edinburgh.
—Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2025
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Virunga's forests are also believed to have been used as a hideout by fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group.—
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From serene mountain hideouts to tiny communities with picture-perfect main streets, here are eight of Tennessee’s most romantic small towns for your next weekend away.—
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Outside of his lair, the world looks barren and deserted, save for a few glowing red rifts in the ground where the world is connected to the Upside Down.—
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Two young women are trapped in the lair of the Mangittatuarjuk, the Gnawer of Rocks.—
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“Hideaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideaway. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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