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shelter in place

shelter in place verb: to follow a shelter-in-place strategy.

Verb

shelter in place (third-person singular simple present shelters in place, present participle sheltering in place, simple past and past participle sheltered in place)

  1. (US) To follow a shelter-in-place strategy.

Forms of shelter in place

third-person singular presentshelters in place
present participlesheltering in place
past participlesheltered in place
pastsheltered in place

Questions about shelter in place

What does shelter in place mean?
Shelter in place means to follow a shelter-in-place strategy.
What part of speech is shelter in place?
Shelter in place is a verb.
What is the past tense of shelter in place?
The past tense of shelter in place is sheltered in place.

Words near shelter in place in the dictionary

  1. shelter deck
  2. shelter decks
  3. shelter dog
  4. shelter dogs
  5. shelter half
  6. shelter in place
  7. shelter shock
  8. shelter tent
  9. shelter tents
  10. shelter-half
  11. shelter-halves

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