hide away
hide away verb: to stash or store something in a secret location.
Verb
hide away (third-person singular simple present hides away, present participle hiding away, simple past hid away, past participle hidden away)
- To stash or store something in a secret location.
- ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- You gotta take it hide it away / I′ve been told that it's much better / When you′re growing old, taking life easy / But you have to know where your life will go1979, Cheryl Lynn, “Hide It Away”, in In Love
- To hide, to be hidden.
hide away meaning in Tamil
hide away in Tamil
- மறைவிடம், தனியிடம்
Forms of hide away
| third-person singular present | hides away |
|---|---|
| present participle | hiding away |
| past | hid away |
| past participle | hidden away |
Questions about hide away
- What does hide away mean?
- Hide away means to stash or store something in a secret location.
- What is hide away in Tamil?
- Hide away in Tamil is மறைவிடம், தனியிடம். See Hide away meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hide away?
- Hide away is a verb.
- What is the past tense of hide away?
- The past tense of hide away is hid away.
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