as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others the novelist has a little hideaway in the country where he goes whenever he wants to do some serious writing

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Recent Examples of hideaway There’s even a hidden passage from the sitting room to the dining room via a jib door, a feature the kids have already claimed as their own secret hideaway. Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025 Where to stay: Park Hyatt Kyoto Palm Springs, California Palm Springs has long been a hideaway for Los Angeles locals looking to slow down daily life and make time for self-care. Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 13 Mar. 2025 This peaceful hideaway handily earns its name, offering 180-degree views overlooking Lower Bay and Princess Margaret beaches. Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2025 Blessed with an abundance of broad and lengthy beaches, the western coast of France also offers hideaways with quiet charms: numerous towns, villages des pêcheurs and ports that have remained, if not frozen in time, true to their roots. Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hideaway

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“Hideaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideaway. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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