those who hide can find

those who hide can find
Hide means ‘hide something’: the verb is used absolutely.

c 1400 Seven Sages of Rome (1845) 68 He may wel fynde that hyde him selven.

1639 J. CLARKE Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina 111 They that hide can find.

1842 MARRYAT Percival Keene I. iii. ‘I could have told you where it was.’ ‘Yes, yes, those who hide can find.’

1922 JOYCE Ulysses 542 (She..unrolls the potato from the top of her stocking.) Those that hides knows where to find.

1979 ‘E. PETERS’ One Corpse too Many ix. Only those who had hidden here were likely ever to find. The full leafage covered all.


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