take refuge

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take refuge

verb takes refuge · taking refuge · took refuge · taken refuge

  1. intransitive To shelter; to hole up.
  2. idiomatic, intransitive To return or come back and rely on or upon.

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verb shelter, hole up

Españolparapetarse
Italianorifugiarsi
Русскийукрыться ukrytʹsja, спрятаться sprjatatʹsja

verb to return or come back and rely on or upon

Tiếng Việtquy y

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@misc{take_refuge_2026,
  title = {take refuge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/take%20refuge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}