Advertisement
Advertisement
take cover
Idioms and Phrases
Seek protection, find a hiding place, as in It started to pour so we took cover under the trees , or He wanted to avoid the reporters so we said he could take cover in our summer cottage . This term uses cover in the sense of “shelter” or “concealment,” a usage dating from the 1400s.Example Sentences
Snake-Eyes beckons the Joes and they take cover in a corner.
All of us had to take cover under tents and pray for it to stop (see above).
After the initial hit, Murphy ducked behind the squad car to take cover from the additional rounds and to orient himself.
It turns out that the song was actually a warning: take cover, Broadway, because this is going to get ugly.
Thin-skinned celebrities, take cover: Ricky Gervais returns to host Sunday's Golden Globe Awards.
He pointed out a trail toward the wilderness to the thin little column, told them where to take cover and await his return.
He knew he'd bag this one without trouble, but any others around him would take cover at his first shot.
Several times they had to take cover in ditches and weeds as whispering spheres floated overhead in search of prey.
One time there were machine guns behind me and they sent a message to me, asking me to lie down and take cover.
Our soldiers certainly have learnt, at last, how to take cover.
Advertisement
Related Words
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse