hide in plain sight

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Verb

hide in plain sight (third-person singular simple present hides in plain sight, present participle hiding in plain sight, simple past hid in plain sight, past participle hidden in plain sight)

1. (idiomatic) To be unnoticeable, by staying visible in a setting that masks presence.

   I have satisfied myself that she is alive, and apparently well, and hiding in plain sight. Prudence prevents me from saying where.

Translations

be unnoticeable by staying visible

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• Finnish: pysytellä poissa näkyvistä
• German: sich unsichtbar machen
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: ascuns la vedere
• Russian: спрятать на виду (sprjatatʹ na vidu), спрятать на видном месте (sprjatatʹ na vidnom meste)
• Spanish: esconderse a simple vista
• Uzbek: ko'rinib turgan holatda ahamiyatsiz qolish