break cover

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break cover

verb breaks cover · breaking cover · broke cover · broken cover

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, cover.
broadly, idiomatic To disclose one's real thoughts and intentions. Government MPs sympathetic to the opposition's arguments are starting to break cover.
Similar: show one's true colors, show one's true stripes

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@misc{break_cover_2026,
  title = {break cover},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/break%20cover},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}