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taken cover

taken cover is the past participle of take cover.

Meaning of take cover

Verb

take cover (third-person singular simple present takes cover, present participle taking cover, simple past took cover, past participle taken cover)

  1. (also, figuratively, idiomatic) To shelter oneself.
    • Coordinate term: give cover
    Synonyms:
    run for cover

Questions about taken cover

What is taken cover the past participle of?
Taken cover is the past participle of take cover.

Words near taken cover in the dictionary

  1. taken check
  2. taken coals to Newcastle
  3. taken cold
  4. taken command
  5. taken control
  6. taken cover
  7. taken credit
  8. taken credit for
  9. taken delight in
  10. taken delivery
  11. taken down

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