under cover

See also: undercover

English

Prepositional phrase

under cover

  1. Protected by a covering or shelter.
    When it started to rain we got under cover.
    • 1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662:
      As these [diesel] trains have to be shedded under cover at night, four additional outdoor standage roads are being provided for stabling of electric rolling stock after inspection in the shed.

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