Usually means: Use something as protective concealment.
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  1. hide behind: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. hide behind: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hide behind)

verb:  (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.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hide, behind.

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