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Phrase(s): 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., Phrase(s): hide behind someone or something
to conceal oneself behind someone or something. • The child hid behind his father. • Rachel hid behind a tree.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs