hideout
pronunciation
How to pronounce hideout in British English:
UK [ˈhaɪdaʊt]
How to pronounce hideout in American English:
US [ˈhaɪdˌaʊt]
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- Noun:
- a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws
Word Origin
- hideout (n.)
- also hide-out, "a hiding place," 1885, American English, from hide (v.) + out. The phrase hide out "conceal (oneself) from the authorities" is attested from 1870, American English (in reference to Northern draft dodgers in the Civil War).
Example
- 1. Game-theory software can even help locate a terrorist 's hideout .
- 2. He was caught after the fbi tracked him to his hideout in raleigh , north carolina .
- 3. They trailed the thieves to their hideout .
- 4. Game-theory software played an important role in finding osama bin laden 's hideout in abbottabad , pakistan , says mr owen .
- 5. The information discovered at bin laden 's hideout in abbottabad included handwritten and printed materials and video , audio and data files .