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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eleutherius	-	Late Greek (Latinized)
Tugay	-	Turkish
Sara	SAH-rah (Spanish, Finnish, Dutch, Polish), ZAH-rah (German), SER-ə (English), SAR-ə (English), SAH:-rah (Arabic)	Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, German
Jim	JIM	English
Metody	me-TAW-di	Polish
Crescentius	-	Late Roman