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Hide and seek Translationshide and seek
hide and seekA situation in which one party is constantly evading or avoiding another. (A reference to the children's game "hide and go seek.") Often used with the verb "play." The police have been playing hide and seek with the suspect all night long. It's been a game of hide and seek trying to get definitive answers out of the governor.See also: and, hide, seekplay hide and seekEvade or seem to evade someone. For example, Bill is hard to pin down-he's always playing hide and seek. This expression alludes to the children's game in which one player tries to find others who are hiding. It has been used figuratively since the mid-1600s. See also: and, hide, play, seekEncyclopediaSeehide-and-seekAcronymsSeeH&SThesaurusSeehide and go seek |