hiding

hiding
hid|ing [ˈhaıdıŋ] n
1.) [U]
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
= ↑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
BrE informal to be completely wasting your time trying to do something

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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