taking refuge
Finding safe harbor
Taking refuge is finding shelter or protection from danger, hardship, or distress.
The phrase often carries a sense of escaping to safety: Civilians took refuge in the basement during the bombing.
It extends to emotional or psychological shelter: She took refuge in her work after the divorce.
One can take refuge in ideas, beliefs, or excuses—anything that offers protection from uncomfortable realities.
- shelterProtected place or structure
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- inner sanctuaryMost sacred interior space
- hidingStaying out of sight
- in hidingConcealed from searchers
asylum · safe haven · haven · escape · fleeing · running scared · protection · safe · safe house · harbor · storm · storm shelter · cover · retreat · desperate · warmth · cave · doorway
- religious conversionconvert, baptism, christening, born again, saved
taking refugestanding one's ground
Refusing to yield position
facing danger · fighting back · advancing · counterattacking · attacking
taking, refuge, take, takes, taken, taker, takers, retake, retakes