"take cover" meaning in English

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      "form": "takes cover",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "taking cover",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took cover",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken cover",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "take<,,took,taken> cover"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1981, Men At Work (lyrics and music), “Down Under”, in Business as Usual",
          "text": "Can't you hear, can't your hear the thunder? / You better run, you better take cover",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To shelter oneself"
      ],
      "id": "en-take_cover-en-verb-Zr78~ByX",
      "links": [
        [
          "shelter",
          "shelter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To shelter oneself"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "run for cover"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take cover"
}

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    {
      "form": "takes cover",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking cover",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took cover",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken cover",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "run for cover"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "1981, Men At Work (lyrics and music), “Down Under”, in Business as Usual",
          "text": "Can't you hear, can't your hear the thunder? / You better run, you better take cover",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To shelter oneself"
      ],
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        [
          "shelter",
          "shelter"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To shelter oneself"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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