Hide
Hide verb - To put into a hiding place.
Start
Start verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).
How words are described
| full | full hide | full start |
| best | best hide | best start |
| original | original hide | original start |
| green | green hide | green start |
| Other adjectives: dead, big, late, final, rocky, several. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Right from the start, you are encouraged to hide from the stage's spotlights and guards, but getting caught only means that you have to fight all the guards instead and they each go down in 2-3 hits.
Source: Useless Useful Stealth -
At one point Oberscharführer Muhsfeldt becomes angry that the prisoners start speaking Hungarian to each other to hide something from him while all the actors are in fact speaking the same language.
Source: Film / The Grey Zone - Heroic B.S.O.D.: Alec falls into one at the start of chapter 3 and fails in trying to hide it.
Cite this Source
Start and Hide. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/start
Hide & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/start>.
Start or Hide. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/start.
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