Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ran for cover

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
ran -for -cov-er
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does ran for cover mean?
simple past of run for cover

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