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under cover

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[under cover] {adv.}

or {adj. phr.}

Hidden; concealed.

* /The prisoners escaped under cover of darkness./

* /He kept his invention under cover until it was patented./

Compare: UNDER WRAPS.

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	{adj. phr.} ⁴⁶⁹ {adv.} ¹⁵⁰

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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