break cover
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
He says the tanks had driven back to the road when Dudarenko decided to break cover.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 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 first to break cover was James Mattis, the marine general who resigned as Trump’s defence secretary in December 2018 and kept silent until now.
From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2020
By pulling myself a little higher I could get a better view, not of the stack, but of the stretch of roof beyond it: nobody could break cover in that direction and escape me.
From The Adventures of Harry Revel by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
