take cover

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take cover (third-person singular simple present takes cover, present participle taking cover, simple past took cover, past participle taken cover)

1. (idiomatic, also figuratively) To shelter oneself.

   Synonym: run for cover

   Coordinate term: give cover

   • 1981, Men At Work, “Down Under”, in Business as Usual:

     Can't you hear, can't your hear the thunder? / You better run, you better take cover