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covers someone's ass

covers someone's ass is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cover someone's ass.

Meaning of cover someone's ass

Verb

cover someone's ass (third-person singular simple present covers someone's ass, present participle covering someone's ass, simple past and past participle covered someone's ass)

  1. (Canada, US, idiomatic, vulgar) To make preparations or take precautions to ensure that a person is not blamed or punished for his or her conduct.
    • Killian kept the files because "he was trying to cover his ass," Via said. "He was always worried something would come back on him."2004 September 14, Jim Drinkard, Dave Moniz, “Secretary: Memos are forgeries”, in USA Today

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Covers someone's ass is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cover someone's ass.

Words near covers someone's ass in the dictionary

  1. covers one's bases
  2. covers one's feet
  3. covers one's tracks
  4. covers oneself in glory
  5. covers shorts
  6. covers someone's ass
  7. covers the buckle
  8. covers the waterfront
  9. covers up
  10. coversand
  11. coversands

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