diveverb
covernoun
As the bullets flew, people fled for their lives or dived for cover.
The gas explosion sent everyone in the street diving for cover.
Shoppers in the busy street dived for cover as the out-of-control bus veered onto the pavement.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving quickly
agility
beetle
belt
bob up
bowl down/along something
cannonball
gallop
gun
leg
make good timeidiom
make hasteidiom
make off
outrun
outrush
outsail
pelt
rush
scorch
scuttle
shoot