transcription, транскрипция: [ haɪdɪŋ ]
( hidings)
1.
If someone is in hiding , they have secretly gone somewhere where they cannot be seen or found.
Gray is thought to be in hiding near the France/Italy border...
The duchess is expected to come out of hiding to attend the ceremony.
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2.
If you give someone a hiding , you punish them by hitting them many times. ( INFORMAL )
= beating
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3.
If you say that someone who is trying to achieve something is on a hiding to nothing , you are emphasizing that they have absolutely no chance of being successful. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
As regards commercial survival, a car manufacturer capable of making only 50,000 cars a year is on a hiding to nothing.
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