hide behind (English, verb)
expansion: hide behind (third-person singular simple present hides behind, present participle hiding behind, simple past hid behind, past participle hidden behind)
Senses:
glosses: To use someone or something as a shield in order to avoid taking responsibility for something; to avoid attention by using someone or something as a shield.
tags: transitive
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hide, behind.
Forms:
form: hides behind
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hiding behind
tags: participle
present
form: hid behind
tags: past
form: hidden behind
tags: participle
past