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hide behind

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hide someone or something behind something
to use something to conceal someone or something. We hid the guests for the surprise party behind a large Oriental screen. I will hide the cake behind the screen too.
See also: behind, hide

hide behind someone or something

to conceal oneself behind someone or something. The child hid behind his father. Rachel hid behind a tree.
See also: behind, hide
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We look to the government to respond positively to our recommendations and not to continue to hide behind their wall of secrecy.
Lawmakers call for inquiry into torture allegations by AFP / AFP European Edition
s identities because of the wall of anonymity that a cell phone can allow people to hide behind This of course is due to the fact that while more and more people are choosing to use cell phones over landlines, cell phones are not listed in the phone book yet All too frequently it is getting harder and harder to trace phone numbers and people?
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MPs, on the other hand, having orchestrated the Iraq war which led to thousands of deaths and using mythical weapons of mass destruction to strike fear into the nation to ensure compliance, can apparently hide behind the Official Secrets Act to avoid us getting to know the truth of how bad they were.
Fightin' talk; On the web by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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