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breaks cover

breaks cover is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 breaks cover

What is breaks cover the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Breaks cover is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break cover.

Words near breaks cover in the dictionary

  1. breaks bread
  2. breaks bulk
  3. breaks camp
  4. breaks character
  5. breaks containment
  6. breaks cover
  7. breaks down
  8. breaks down to brass tacks
  9. breaks edge
  10. breaks even
  11. breaks fast

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