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Meanings of hide and go seek in English

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A game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them.

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        Examples for "hide-and-seek"
        Examples for "hide-and-seek"
        1
        Well, we decided to play hide-and-seek while we waited for our parents.
        The reversal
        2
        They had their own races, battles and games of group-tag and hide-and-seek.
        Surface detail
        3
        Zuzana frowned and blocked the heartless glass, playing hide-and-seek with her reflection.
        House of Bathory
        4
        Then little Georgie Harvey goes missing while playing hide-and-seek with her sister.
        The Irish Times
        5
        All the murders, and your game of hide-and-seek...You didn't recognize the man!
        The hangman's daughter
        Usage of hide and go seek in English
        1
        When I caught up, he asked if I wanted to play hide and go seek.
        The Guardian
        2
        As the children say when they play ' hide and go seek,' I am getting warm.
        Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks / A Picture of New ...
        3
        Let's play hide and go seek!
        The Story of a Plush Bear
        4
        He was accustomed, as we have already stated, to join the younger children in games of hide and go seek.
        History of King Charles the Second of England
        5
        Skyrocket loved a game of hide and go seek, and perhaps he thought that was what the stranger was playing.
        The Curlytops and Their Playmates; Or, Jolly Times Through the H...
        6
        He then engaged his brother and sister and his other playmates in the palace in a game of hide and go seek.
        History of King Charles the Second of England
        7
        Her voice rang out in the empty room and was heard by Uncle Toby, Aunt Sallie and the children playing hide and go seek.
        The Curlytops and Their Playmates; Or, Jolly Times Through the H...
        8
        Ay, you 're a famous fellow at hide and go seek, and I do not doubt would make a long chase in a dark night.
        Miles Wallingford / Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"
        9
        Hide and go seek, red rover, red rover.
        The Girls
        10
        I remember some of the little games we played now: "Fox in the wall", "Mollie, Mollie Bride", and " Hide and go seek."
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        11
        "If we play tag or hide and go seek, I'm so big and clumsy I may knock over something and break it."
        The Story of a Nodding Donkey
        12
        "I got lost in the Wind River bad lands this mo'ning, and I been playing hide and go seek with myself ever since."
        A Texas Ranger
        Translations for hide and go seek
        Portuguese
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