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hiding behind

hiding behind is the present participle and gerund of hide behind.

Meaning of hide behind

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To use someone or something as a shield in order to avoid taking responsibility for something; to avoid attention by using someone or something as a shield.
    • Don't hide behind your spokesman, speak for yourself!
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hide, behind.
    • Don't hide behind that rock, come out in the open!

Questions about hiding behind

What is hiding behind the present participle and gerund of?
Hiding behind is the present participle and gerund of hide behind.

Words near hiding behind in the dictionary

  1. hidgeot
  2. Hidimba
  3. Hidimbā
  4. hiding
  5. hiding away
  6. hiding behind
  7. hiding in plain sight
  8. hiding one's light under a bushel
  9. hiding out
  10. hiding place
  11. hiding places

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hiding behind (page history and authors); hide behind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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