Verb
take cover (third-person singular simple present takes cover, present participle taking cover, simple past took cover, past participle taken cover)
(idiomatic) To shelter oneself
11:29 a.m. – 11:36 a.m.: Library massacre As the shooting unfolded, Patti Nielson talked on the phone with emergency services, telling her story and urging students to take cover beneath desks. Source: Internet
After trying to take cover, she was thumped in the back and knocked to the ground, fearing that the kangaroo was about to claw her to death. Source: Internet
Armed off-duty police officers take cover during and exchange of gunfire with army soldiers, as they protest over police pay and working conditions, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Source: Internet
As the Union men advanced, Brig. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres 's brigade had to take cover in a gully to avoid the enfilading fire. Source: Internet
A chilling video recorded from a street corner near the shooting shows a woman staring in disbelief as two men and another woman tell her to take cover. Source: Internet
Zuehlke, p. 191 One platoon was able to breach the barbed wire lining the beach and take cover in Courseulles, and then eliminated the machine-gun positions engaging "A" Company of the Regina Rifles. Source: Internet