break cover

Meaning

1. to leave a place that you have been hiding in, usually at a high speed

In the movies · 2

• Tell the men to break cover. We ride for minas tirith.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003
• -Did they break cover? -No.Eraser1996

From the same entry

• cover all the bases
• cover your back
• cover your tracks
• cover a multitude of sins
• cover in
• cover over
• cover up
• cover up
• under cover
• under cover of
• under separate cover
• don't judge a book by its cover