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broken cover

broken cover is the past participle 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 broken cover

What is broken cover the past participle of?
Broken cover is the past participle of break cover.

Words near broken cover in the dictionary

  1. broken chords
  2. broken clouds
  3. broken consort
  4. broken consorts
  5. broken containment
  6. broken cover
  7. Broken Creek
  8. Broken Dam
  9. broken diagonal
  10. broken diagonals
  11. broken down

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