hide and seek



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hide and seek

A situation in which one party is constantly evading or avoiding another. (A reference to the children's game "hide and go seek.") Often used with the verb "play." The police have been playing hide and seek with the suspect all night long. It's been a game of hide and seek trying to get definitive answers out of the governor.
See also: and, hide, seek

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Elizavetaye-lee-zah-VYE-tah, ee-lee-zah-VYE-tahRussian
Wulfstan-Anglo-Saxon
Ajay-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
BenedictBEN-ə-diktEnglish
FrancesFRANT-səsEnglish
Farai-Southern African, Shona