hide behind
English
Verb
hide behind (third-person singular simple present hides behind, present participle hiding behind, simple past hid behind, past participle hidden behind)
- (transitive) To use someone or something as a shield in order to avoid taking responsibility for something; to avoid attention by using someone or something as a shield.
- Don't hide behind your spokesman, speak for yourself!
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see hide, behind.
- Don't hide behind that rock, come out in the open!