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breaking cover

breaking cover is the present participle and gerund of break cover.

Meaning of break cover

Verb

break cover (third-person singular simple present breaks cover, present participle breaking cover, simple past broke cover, past participle broken cover)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, cover.
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) To disclose one's real thoughts and intentions.
    • Government MPs sympathetic to the opposition's arguments are starting to break cover.

Questions about breaking cover

What is breaking cover the present participle and gerund of?
Breaking cover is the present participle and gerund of break cover.

Words near breaking cover in the dictionary

  1. breaking capacity
  2. breaking change
  3. breaking changes
  4. breaking character
  5. breaking containment
  6. breaking cover
  7. breaking down
  8. breaking down to brass tacks
  9. breaking edge
  10. breaking even
  11. breaking fast

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