The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HIDING
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More clues leading to the result HIDING
- Avoiding being taken for punishment
- Going to ground, getting beating
- Current racket in mercury leads to a severe defeat
- Drawing a veil over bad defeat
- Concealing orchid in gardening trousers
- Keeping quiet about severe defeat
- … concealing punishment
- Thrashing in secret
- Beating under cover
- Covering up corporal punishment
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What does HIDING mean?
HIDING verb- To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
- To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
- To beat with a whip made from hide.
- A state of concealment.
- A place of concealment.
- A beating or spanking.