hidingnoun
uk/ˈhaɪ.dɪŋ/us/ˈhaɪ.dɪŋ/hiding noun (PUNISHMENT)
[ C usually singular ] old-fashioned a punishment that consists of being beaten repeatedly
[ C usually singular ] UK informal a total defeat:
"How did the French team get on in their match against Italy?" "They got a real hiding!"
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Punishing by causing pain
- birch
- cane
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- corporal punishment
- flagellate
- flay
- kneecap
- lash
- lynch
- lynch law
- mortification
- mortification of the flesh idiom
- rack
- screw
- stone
- tar
- treadmill
- walloping
- whip
- whipping
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Winning and defeating
hiding noun (PLACE)
be in hiding/go into hiding
to be/go somewhere where you cannot be found
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Hiding and disguising
- be holed up idiom
- bury
- camo
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- concealment
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- infiltration
- lie doggo idiom
- obscure
- skulk
- smokescreen
- snuck
- stash
- stow
- tuck
- veil
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Idiom(s)
be on a hiding to nothing