Definition of hideawaynext
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 Here’s how to make the most of a fall getaway to this mountain hideaway. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026 Built for indoor-outdoor living, the Los Angeles–area dwelling features an open floor plan that spills out to the yard via hideaway glass walls. — Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2026 By the mid-nineteen-fifties, most of the spas were defunct, and Te Aroha had diminished into a sleepy hideaway, a place, perhaps, for getting a tire fixed on the way to somewhere else. — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 The last time Ferguson was seen in public was in April, when The Sun published photos of her at a mountain hideaway in the Austrian Alps. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hideaway
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Noun
  • For many Californians, the Lake Tahoe area is a favorite, not-so-secret hideout throughout the year.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • After all, the kids need a reason to map out their hideout spots in the Met.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The marque’s Automotive Galleries and Lairs design service—which specializes in car galleries and lairs, hence the name—joined forces with local firm S3 Architecture to weave Aston Martin’s design DNA into the rugged Upstate environment.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2026
  • This transforms Huston into a colorful enchantress with her grim lair now becoming a lush Greek-like temple.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Hideaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideaway. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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