break cover

VERB

emerge

Synonyms

WEAK

break covert come out come out in the open

Example Sentences

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As they break cover and pull back, the Russian soldiers are more vulnerable.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

Sanchez said he had at least two photographers collecting tips and following Messi and PSG for the first shots of the family when they finally break cover from their hotel.

From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2021

The new car, the SF21, was not revealed at the launch - it will break cover on 10 March, two days before the start of pre-season testing in Bahrain.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2021

The new electric Hummer truck will break cover during a Super Bowl ad this coming Sunday, and will be treated to a full reveal on May 20th.

From The Verge • Jan. 30, 2020

I shall never again stand knee-deep in snow through the patient hours waiting for the forest quarry to break cover.

From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by Murray, David Christie