break cover

English

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Verb

break cover (third-person singular simple present breaks cover, present participle breaking cover, simple past broke cover, past participle broken cover)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break,‎ cover.
2. (idiomatic, by extension) To disclose one's real thoughts and intentions.

   Synonyms: show one's true colors, show one's true stripes

   Government MPs sympathetic to the opposition's arguments are starting to break cover.

See also

• break character