under cover

Meaning

1. Oxford75% of films

   pretending to be sb else in order to do sth secretly

   We'll keep Williams under cover, until we can break the story...

2. Editorial25% of films

   hidden or acting in secret, shielded by darkness or by staying out of sight

   load the cash under cover.

In the movies · 4

• I left home under cover of darknessMulan2020
• We'll keep Williams under cover, until we can break the story...His Girl Friday1940
• load the cash under cover.Wrath of Man2021
• Get under cover, Rudy!Patch Adams1998
• I wanna get us under cover by nightfall.Robin Hood2018
• Still under the cover of nightFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw2019
• Who knows what could happen under the cover of a masquerade.Anyone But You2023
• making a surprise attack under the cover of night.The Terminal2004

Learn it in full scenes

• His Girl Friday1940
  • Hildy Tells Walter She's Remarrying
  • Hildy Quits the Post
  • Walter Meets Bruce Baldwin
• Wrath of Man2021
  • H's Fortico Interview and Training
  • H Meets the Fortico Crew
  • H's First Day on the Cash Truck

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
• break cover
• under cover of
• under separate cover
• don't judge a book by its cover