under cover of night

English

Alternative forms

• under the cover of night

Prepositional phrase

under cover of night

1. Hidden or protected by the darkness of night.

   Synonym: under cover of darkness

Translations

Translations

• Czech: pod rouškou noci
• Danish: i nattens mulm og mørke (da)
• Finnish: yön pimeydessä
• French: à la faveur de la nuit
• Hungarian: a sötétség leple alatt
• Italian: col favore delle tenebre, all'ombra
• Polish: pod osłoną nocy
• Russian: под покро́вом но́чи (pod pokróvom nóči)
• Welsh: dan lenni'r nos

Further reading

• “under cover of night” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.