(slang, idiomatic) To hide or disappear due to feelings of extreme embarrassment, shame, or helplessness; to withdraw from reality.
(slang, idiomatic) To hide or disappear due to feelings of extreme embarrassment, shame, or helplessness; to withdraw from reality.
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(intransitive) To go into a hole, to shelter in a hole.
(originally, US, intransitive) To hide.
(idiomatic, by extension) To hide from public view or sequester oneself, especially when authorities, members of the news media, or others are looking for one.
(figurative, by extension, chiefly, North America) To withdraw from public view or to seclude oneself, particularly to avoid detection or scrutiny by the authorities, members of the media, or other interested parties.
(intransitive, especially of an animal, chiefly, North America) To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.