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covered the waterfront

covered the waterfront is the simple past and past participle of cover the waterfront.

Meaning of cover the waterfront

Verb

cover the waterfront (third-person singular simple present covers the waterfront, present participle covering the waterfront, simple past and past participle covered the waterfront)

  1. To cover every aspect of a topic or situation.
    • But on the other hand, we continue to see huge sales of teacher-oriented textbooks that cover the waterfront of the major facts, laws, and theories in each and every domain of science.1975, J. W. George Ivany, Today's Science

Questions about covered the waterfront

What is covered the waterfront the simple past and past participle of?
Covered the waterfront is the simple past and past participle of cover the waterfront.

Words near covered the waterfront in the dictionary

  1. covered one's tracks
  2. covered oneself in glory
  3. covered shorts
  4. covered someone's ass
  5. covered the buckle
  6. covered the waterfront
  7. covered up
  8. covered wagon
  9. covered wagons
  10. covered way
  11. covered ways

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