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)

(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

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: please add this translation if you can
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

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