safe house

noun

: a place where one may engage in secret activities or take refuge

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One of our partners is based in a rural location in a former Underground Railroad safe house, surrounded by mounds constructed by Native Americans. Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024 The organization’s founder, Robert Jay Matthews, would die in a stand-off with federal agents in a safe house in Whidbey Island, Washington. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024 But Tubman later returned to Maryland several times to rescue her family and other enslaved people through the Underground Railroad, a network of escape routes and safe houses organized by Black and white abolitionists. Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024 The film follows an estranged brother and sister who reunite to pull off a robbery together before hiding in an interdimensional safe house that is immune to the laws of time and space. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for safe house 

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of safe house was in 1928

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“Safe house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/safe%20house. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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