Cover
Cover verb - To make one's way through, across, or over.
Usage example: we usually manage to cover a lot of ground in a single day
Run
How words are described
| good | good cover | good run |
| full | full cover | full run |
| low | low cover | low run |
| better | better cover | better run |
| Other adjectives: current, standard, original, single, deep, popular, actual, entire, real, bad, main, famous, white, new, final, last, comic, recent. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- They don't try to take cover or run from aliens that are attacking them, even get in your way during the crossfire.
Source: Video Game / UFO: Alien Invasion -
Pippin had this trademark way before Serpico entered the story, and only opens them when he's warning the other Hawks to take cover or run.
Source: Eyes Always Shut - BioShock Infinite is even more streamlined than 2, dropping stealth and favoring the "run and cover" approach.
Source: Actionized Sequel
Cite this Source
Run and Cover. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cover/run
Cover & Run. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cover/run>.
Run or Cover. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cover/run.
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