hide, take cover

hide, take cover
اِسْتتَرَ \ hide, take cover.

Arabic-English glossary. 2015.

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  • take cover — hide, find a safe place    If the soldiers begin shooting, you guys take cover …   English idioms

  • take cover —    When someone takes cover, they hide from a danger, or bad weather, in a place where they find protection.     As soon as the explosion was heard, people ran to take cover …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • take cover — Synonyms and related words: bar the gate, be incognito, bolt the door, burrow, claim sanctuary, disappear, drop from sight, fly to, go into hiding, go to ground, go underground, hide, hide away, hide out, hole up, lie, lie close, lie doggo, lie… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • take cover — find a place to hide …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cover — [kuv′ər] vt. [ME coveren < OFr covrir < L cooperire < co , intens. + operire, to hide < IE * op wer , to cover < * op(i) , back, against + * wer, to cover, protect > WARN] 1. to place something on, over, or in front of, so as to …   English World dictionary

  • hide — [v] conceal; remain unseen adumbrate, blot out, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain*, disguise, dissemble, ditch, duck, eclipse, ensconce, go into hiding, go underground, harbor, hold back, hole up*, hush up, keep from, keep secret,… …   New thesaurus

  • Cover system — For the real world military tactic of avoiding hostile gunfire, see Cover (military) …   Wikipedia

  • cover — cov|er1 [ kʌvər ] verb transitive *** ▸ 1 put something over something else ▸ 2 be all over something ▸ 3 include and deal with ▸ 4 report/describe ▸ 5 provide insurance ▸ 6 have enough money for ▸ 7 travel a distance ▸ 8 perform someone else s… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • cover — v 1. protect, shield, shelter, place under cover; conceal, hide, house, secrete, ensconce, cache, bury. 2. overlay, overspread, blanket, mantle, canopy, carpet, pave, film, coat, layer; overgrow, overrun, envelop; overlie, overlap, extend over or …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • cover — coverable, adj. coverer, n. coverless, adj. /kuv euhr/, v.t. 1. to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields. 2. to place something over or upon, as for protection, concealment, or warmth. 3. to… …   Universalium

  • cover — [[t]kʌ̱və(r)[/t]] ♦ covers, covering, covered 1) VERB If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it. [V n with n] Cover the casserole with a tight fitting lid... [V n] He whimpered and co …   English dictionary

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