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hide in the closet

hide in the closet verb: to hide the fact that one is gay.

Verb

hide in the closet (third-person singular simple present hides in the closet, present participle hiding in the closet, simple past hid in the closet, past participle hidden in the closet)

  1. To hide the fact that one is gay.

Forms of hide in the closet

third-person singular presenthides in the closet
present participlehiding in the closet
pasthid in the closet
past participlehidden in the closet

Questions about hide in the closet

What does hide in the closet mean?
Hide in the closet means to hide the fact that one is gay.
What part of speech is hide in the closet?
Hide in the closet is a verb.
What is the past tense of hide in the closet?
The past tense of hide in the closet is hid in the closet.

Words near hide in the closet in the dictionary

  1. hide away
  2. hide beetle
  3. hide beetles
  4. hide behind
  5. hide in plain sight
  6. hide in the closet
  7. hide nor hair
  8. hide one's light under a bushel
  9. hide out
  10. hide the ball
  11. hide the salami

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