hiding
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hiding1
▶noun
- 1 a physical beating.
- 2 informal a severe defeat.
– phrases
be on a hiding to nothing Brit. be unlikely to succeed.
be on a hiding to nothing Brit. be unlikely to succeed.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hiding2
▶noun the action of hiding or the state of being hidden.
'hiding' also found in these Oxford entries:
black tracker
- bolt-hole
- bootleg
- earth
- fugitive
- Genizah
- hideaway
- hideout
- hidey-hole
- lair
- peekaboo
- priest's hole
- safe house
- sardine
- sniggle
- snipe
- stash
- underground
