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STOW AWAY
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hide aboard a ship or a plane to get free transportation
Example:
The illegal immigrants stowed away on board the freighter
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "stow away" is one way to...):
hide; hide out (be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
stowaway (a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage)
