pick

take cover

take cover {v. phr.}

To seek shelter or protection.

The rain began so suddenly that we had to take cover in a doorway.

Categories: add yours

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

Subscribe to: American Idioms

► Also consider the parent subscriptions (1)

English Slang

Discuss

✉

We are in Telegram

Our RSS-feeds

Show All

See as well

under cover

[under cover] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Hidden; concealed. * /The prisoners escaped under cover of darkness./ * /He kept his invention under cover until it was patented./ Compare: [UNDER WRAPS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

cover-up

[cover-up] {n.}, {slang} A plan or excuse to escape blame or punishment; lie, alibi. * /When the men robbed the bank, their cover-up was to dress like policemen./ * /Joe's […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cover up

[cover up] {v.}, {informal} 1. To hide something wrong or bad from attention. * /The spy covered up his picture-taking by pretending to be just a tourist./ * /A crooked […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cover one's tracks

[cover one's tracks] or [cover up one's tracks] {v. phr.} 1. To hide and not leave anything, especially foot marks, to show where you have been, so that no one […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates

gun for

[gun for] {v.}, {informal} 1. To hunt for with a gun; look hard for a chance to harm or defeat. * /The cowboy is gunning for […]

loose

[loose] See: [AT LOOSE ENDS], [CAST OFF] or [CAST LOOSE], [CUT LOOSE], [PLAY FAST AND LOOSE], [HAVE A SCREW LOOSE], [LET […]

La Rochefoucauld

In jealousy there is more of self love than of love to another.

Quizzes on idioms starting with C

Albert Einstein

I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice.

French fried potato

[French fried potato] or [French fry] {n.} A narrow strip of potato fried in deep fat. - Usually used in the plural. * /Sue […]

speak volumes

[speak volumes] {v. phr.} To tell or show much in a way other than speaking; be full of meaning. * /The nice present she […]