Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took cover

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables
took -cov-er
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took cover mean?
simple past of take cover

How to pronounce took cover

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