Monday, August 3, 2009

Hide yourself

Hide somebody from somebody

- We'll have to hide him from the soldiers.
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She hid in a room when her guests came.
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She hide him under a bridge/on a roof.

Conceal
A formal expression meaning to hide yourself from somebody.

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When you see that she is coming, conceal yourself under table at once.
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Ron Concealed himself behind a big stone when he heard the thieves were approaching.

Hole up
to hole up somewhere : means to hide somewhere or shut yourself in a safe place for a period of time because the police, people or reporters can not find you or disturb you.

- She was holed up at a resort somewhere, trying to avoid the media.
- The FBI believes that Richards is holed up on an estate in Colombia.
- The gang holed up in a cheap hotel for a few weeks.
- We were all planning to hole up till the trouble blew over.


lie low
to try to keep out of sight and not be noticed until it is safe to come out because someone is trying to find you or catch you.

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He told me that he lay lie until the trouble passed.
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If you don't want to go back to jail, you'd better lie low for a while.
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But Phil will never miss his football, not even if he has to lie low for a couple of months.

Lie in wait (for someone)
to remain hidden in a place and wait for someone so that you can attack them:

- a giant crocodile lying in wait for its prey.
- The soldiers were lying in wait in the ambush to attack the enemy.
- The terrorists were surprised to find that the police were lying in wait for them.


Lurk
to wait or move secretly and quietly so that you cannot be seen, usually because you are going to attack someone or do something wrong:

- But along the margins the ghosts still lurk.
- The suspicious looking men lurked in the shadow.
- Witnesses said they saw a man lurking near a woman's house.
- She didn't see the figure lurking behind the bushes.
- He thought he saw someone lurking above the chamber during the address.


Stow away
conceal oneself on a ship, aircraft, etc. so as to travel secretly without paying or surreptitiously:

- A boy was caught trying to stow away on a plane.
- He stowed away on a train and landed in the last station.
- Please stow your bags securely in the overhead compartments.


Skulk
to hide or move around because you try not to be noticed, usually with bad or sinister motives:

- There was someone skulking behind the bushes.
- I don’t want reporters skulking around here.
- He was still skulking around outside when they left the building.
- You, meanwhile, will be skulking in the safety of the car...


Related subjects
Hide vs. Conceal
Withhold sth from vision or observation

References
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Longman Activator Dictionary

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