find/take shelter
idiom
: to go somewhere for cover and protection from danger, bad weather, etc.
They found/took shelter in a cave during the storm.
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Ten-year-old Waed remembers vividly the terrifying day she and her family were forced to flee Khan Younis under fire, running past tanks to find shelter in a school.
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Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Nearly 200 firefighters are on site battling the flames while an alert is warning people to take shelter.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Ho Khanh was on a mission to hunt for a rare jungle tree Agarwood near the border of Vietnam and Laos in 1990 when a heavy storm pounded down on him, driving the Phong Nha native to find shelter under a cliff.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
Wasps can nest above and below the ground to find shelter from weather and predators.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
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Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Nearly 200 firefighters are on site battling the flames while an alert is warning people to take shelter.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Ho Khanh was on a mission to hunt for a rare jungle tree Agarwood near the border of Vietnam and Laos in 1990 when a heavy storm pounded down on him, driving the Phong Nha native to find shelter under a cliff.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
Wasps can nest above and below the ground to find shelter from weather and predators.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for find/take shelter
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“Find/take shelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/find%2Ftake%20shelter. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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