Cover and Take

Cover

Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.

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Take and cover are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Cover".

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Take verb - Proceed along in a vehicle.

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Cover and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

good	good cover	good take
best	best cover	best take
similar	similar cover	similar take
perfect	perfect cover	perfect take
Other adjectives: complete, original, single, popular, actual, real, bad, dark, excellent, alternative, beautiful, famous, new, final, alternate, last, different.

Hollywood Tactics: Fairly common in most of the series, particularly in firefights, where humans and aliens alike frequently fail to use cover or take evasive action.

Source: Franchise / Star Trek
For example, in the game you had to push a button to open a glass cover and take the MacGuffin, but if you didn't cover the air vents with moveable statues first the room flooded with deadly gas.

Source: Solve the Soup Cans
There is no reason to stay out of cover and take shots while your gun is reloading.

Source: Video Game / World of Tanks

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