hiding out
Lying low somewhere
Hiding out means staying somewhere concealed to avoid detection, capture, or confrontation.
The phrase suggests a sustained period of lying low rather than momentary concealment: The fugitives were hiding out in an abandoned warehouse.
It can also describe informal retreat from social obligations: I spent the weekend hiding out at home.
- hideawaySecluded place of refuge
- safe houseSecret secure refuge
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- refugePlace of safety
- shelterProtected place or structure
secluded · concealed · underground · stakeout · no man's land · safehouse · secret hideout · laying low · low profile · under the radar · gone to ground · on the run · on the lam · bunker · escape · vanish · disappear · covert
hiding outcoming out
Revealing one's identity
appearing · emerging · being seen · exposing oneself · surfacing
hiding outsurrendering
Ceasing to resist
facing the music · coming forward · submitting · capitulating · yielding
hiding outsocializing
Engaging with others recreationally
mingling · participating · going out · making the rounds · circulating