cover someone's ass
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Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb[edit]
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)
- (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.
- 2004 September 14, Jim Drinkard, Dave Moniz, “Secretary: Memos are forgeries”, in USA Today:
- Killian kept the files because "he was trying to cover his ass," Via said. "He was always worried something would come back on him."
Usage notes[edit]
Usually used reflexively (cover one's ass)
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Translations[edit]
ensure that a person is not blamed or punished
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References[edit]
- “cover one's ass”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.