find/take shelter

idiom

: to go somewhere for cover and protection from danger, bad weather, etc.

They found/took shelter in a cave during the storm.

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Civilians take shelter in a metro station during an air raid in Kyiv. —

Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024 Frequent storms, known as emissions, force everyone to take shelter inside or be struck by lightning and whittled down with radiation. —

Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024 The supervisor gathered the employees up and was going to take shelter at a guard shack outside the warehouse but could not due to flying debris and sheet metal. —

Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024 Drivers, with their vehicles converted into boats, had to take shelter on car roofs, while residents tried to take refuge on higher ground. —

Teresa Medrano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for find/take shelter

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