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covers ground

covers ground is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cover ground.

Meaning of cover ground

Verb

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

  1. To move across an area; to traverse a certain distance.
    • A few times there we even followed you, but you weren’t going anywhere, just wandering, just covering ground.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4
  2. To do a certain amount of work; to make progress towards an end.
    • I'll cover some more ground with the essay after my vacation.

Questions about covers ground

What is covers ground the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Covers ground is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cover ground.

Words near covers ground in the dictionary

  1. covermounting
  2. covermounts
  3. covername
  4. covernames
  5. covers
  6. covers ground
  7. covers one's back
  8. covers one's bases
  9. covers one's feet
  10. covers one's tracks
  11. covers oneself in glory

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