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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hide behind a wall" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical action of hiding behind a physical wall, or it can be used metaphorically to describe someone who is avoiding a situation by figuratively hiding behind a figurative wall. Example 1: She quickly hid behind a wall when she saw her ex-boyfriend approaching. Example 2: The company's CEO was accused of hiding behind a wall of lawyers in order to avoid taking responsibility for the company's failures.
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Shots ring out, and I hide behind a wall.
Yet the whole purpose of tax havens is to allow the wealthy to hide behind a wall of secrecy legally.
Other officials said one of the attackers was killed instantly, while the other was able to hide behind a wall and shoot at pursuing soldiers.
For far too long the intelligence agencies of the US – and Britain – have been allowed to hide behind a wall of secrecy as they hoisted the flag of "national security" before which everyone else must genuflect.
There's not much point in signing up for it if you're just going to hide behind a wall of anonymity.
And then we hide behind a wall of political correctness.
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And Malcolm hid behind a wall round the back.
There were no visible wires; all the connections were hidden behind a wall panel.
The woman said she was simply hiding behind a wall to avoid a police patrol.
"The UK's child victims of female genital mutilation are hidden behind a wall of silence.
Her personality, her interior self are hidden behind a wall of evasion.
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