Verb
take refuge (third-person singular simple present takes refuge, present participle taking refuge, simple past took refuge, past participle taken refuge)
(intransitive) to shelter; to hole up
As the Banu Halali tribes took control of the plains, the local sedentary people were forced to take refuge in the mountains; in prosperous central and northern Ifriqiya farming gave way to pastoralism. Source: Internet
Approximate locations of the main Masmuda tribes that adhered to the Almohads Ibn Tumart proceeded to take refuge among his own people, the Hargha, in his home village of Igiliz (exact location uncertain), in the Sous valley. Source: Internet
After being lost for quite some time, they take refuge inside an abandoned cabin. Source: Internet
A group of passengers on a yachting trip suffer an accident and take refuge on a cruise drifting nearby. Source: Internet
At first, he sought an understanding with the Abbasids, but when they refused his terms and demanded his submission, Ibn Habib broke openly with the Abbasids and invited the remnants of the Umayyad dynasty to take refuge in his dominions. Source: Internet
More than 1.1 million Syrians have fled their country's conflict to take refuge in Lebanon. Source: Internet