go into hiding
Example Sentences
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Activists fear there will now be witch-hunts against members of the LGBTQ+ community and those who campaign for their rights, and say some will have to go into hiding.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024
They had to go into hiding, they told lawmakers.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2023
We might hear an account of a foundling left on this particular doorstep, or perhaps the family that once lived here and was forced to flee or go into hiding.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2023
His 1961 novella “Seventeen,” inspired by a Socialist Party leader’s assassination by a 17-year-old militant, led him to go into hiding for a time as he received death threats from right-wing extremists.
From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023
Then Uncle Vernon walked on and Harry resumed, “You’ve got to go into hiding and the Order wants to help. You’re being offered serious protection, the best there is.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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