break cover

“If war comes,” said a Chinese state television report in 2018, “this nuclear arsenal that shuttles underground will break cover where the enemy least expects and fire off its missiles.”

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

After we saw this prototype 500Hz gaming monitor break cover in early 2022, I didn’t think that laptop manufacturers would be quick to bring a laptop that fast to market.

Boris Johnson's premiership is coming under pressure, as more Tory MPs break cover to criticise his fitness for office in the wake of Partygate.

He says the tanks had driven back to the road when Dudarenko decided to break cover.