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1. Lying in ambush
   "bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush"

1. Wait in hiding to attack
   - ambush, scupper, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait
    
2. Live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
    
3. Cut one's way through the woods or bush

See also: bushwhacker [N. Amer], concealed

Type of: live, make, wait, work

Encyclopedia: Bushwhack