Evade or seem to evade someone. For example, Bill is hard to pin down--he's always playing hide and seek. This expression alludes to the children's game in which one player tries to find others who are hiding. It has been used figuratively since the mid-1600s.
play hide and seek
| Idioms: play hide and seek |
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- Lifetide (Album by Steven Halpern/Susan Mazer/Dallas Smith/Kenneth Nash)
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- Center of the Universe (1999 Album by Built To Spill)
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