shelter in place
Hunker down indoors
Shelter in place is an emergency instruction to stay where you are and take cover rather than evacuate.
During severe weather, active shooters, or chemical hazards, authorities may order residents to shelter in place—seal windows, move away from glass, stay indoors until the threat passes.
The campus issued a shelter-in-place order after reports of a gunman.
The phrase gained wider use during COVID-19 lockdowns, though epidemiologists preferred "stay-at-home orders."
- stay homeNot go anywhere
- hunker downSettle in defensively
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
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