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单词 break cover
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break cover

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Suddenly emerge from a hiding place, as in The shots distracted our pursuers long enough so that we could break cover and make a run for it. This term originally alluded to animals being hunted, a frequent usage in the 16th century. Now that hunting is a less common pursuit, it is used for human beings.

Words nearby break cover

breakbeat, breakbone fever, break bread, break bulk, break camp, break cover, break dance, break dancing, breakdown, breakdown van, breakdown voltage
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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