The American variant name for the classic childhood game where one player counts with eyes closed while the others scatter and hide, then hunts them down one by one. 'Hide and go seek' is the version most kids in the US grow up saying, stressing the active 'go' that standard 'hide and seek' drops. The phrase has also migrated into adult slang — people use it metaphorically for evasive behavior, dodgy communication, or anything frustratingly hard to pin down.
Stop playing hide and go seek with your feelings and just tell me what's wrong.
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(US) hide and seek.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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