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- Dictionaryshelter in place
verb
- 1. find a place of shelter in one’s present location and stay there until instructed otherwise, typically in accordance with a public safety directive during an emergency: "the university urged its students to shelter in place after reports that a person with a gun was on campus"
noun
- 1. a public safety directive invoked during an emergency, instructing people to find a place of shelter in their present location and stay there until instructed otherwise: "a shelter in place is in effect after a flammable liquid leaked from a pipeline"
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