fall into enemy hands

Frequency: 7.513.0 per million words

To be captured or obtained by the enemy.

enemyPHRASES

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fall into hands

Examples (10)

  • The document must not fall into enemy hands at any cost.
  • Intelligence officers worried that classified files might fall into enemy hands.
  • The captain destroyed the radio to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
  • Military equipment should be secured to avoid falling into enemy hands.
  • Secret codes were changed after they fell into enemy hands.
  • The general ordered a retreat before supplies could fall into enemy hands.
  • Sensitive information must never fall into enemy hands during wartime.
  • The spy burned all evidence rather than let it fall into enemy hands.
  • Captured weapons had fallen into enemy hands and were being used against us.
  • The commander feared that their strategic plans might fall into enemy hands.