hiding
[noun]
Synonyms: beating, drubbing, licking (informal), spanking, thrashing, walloping (informal), whipping

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

hid‧ing /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/ noun

1. [uncountable] when someone stays somewhere in secret, especially because they have done something illegal or are in danger
be in/go into/come out of hiding
He went into hiding in 1973.

2. [singular] spoken informal
a) a severe physical punishment Synonym : beating:
You’ll get a good hiding when you come home!
You’re not too big for a hiding, you know.
b) an occasion when you defeat someone in a sports game

3. be on a hiding to nothing British English informal to be completely wasting your time trying to do something

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

hiding
noun
VERB + HIDING go into He had gone into hiding just after war broke out.
come out of After the car had passed by they came out of hiding.
PREP. in ~ The fugitive had spent five weeks in hiding.

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