under cover of night
English
Alternative forms
under the cover of night
Prepositional phrase
under cover
of
night
Hidden
or
protected
by the
darkness
of
night
.
Synonym:
under cover of darkness
Translations
Translations
Czech:
pod rouškou noci
Danish:
i nattens mulm og mørke
(da)
Finnish:
yön
pimeydessä
French:
à la faveur de
la
nuit
Hungarian:
a sötétség leple alatt
Italian:
col favore delle tenebre
,
all'ombra
Polish:
pod osłoną nocy
Russian:
под покро́вом но́чи
(
pod pokróvom nóči
)
Welsh:
dan lenni'r nos
Further reading
“
under cover of night
” in
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
,
Longman
.