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Meaning of hide behind | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To use someone or something as a shield in order to avoid taking responsibility for something; to avoid attention by using someone or something as a shield.
    transitive
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hide, behind.

Examples

“Don't hide behind your spokesman, speak for yourself!”
“Don't hide behind that rock, come out in the open!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

hide in plain sight hide in the closet hide one's light under a bushel hide out hide the ball hide the salami

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