peep out (of something) (at someone or something)

peep out (of something) (at someone or something)
peep out (of something) (at someone or something)
to sneak a glimpse of someone or something out of something, as through a hole. •

A little mouse peeped out of its hole at the bright lights in the room.

Johnny, hiding in the closet, peeped out at the guests through the partly opened door.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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