cover one's bases

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

  1. (idiomatic) To be thorough; to prepare thoroughly or completely.
    She eats a balanced diet, but takes vitamin pills anyway, to cover her bases.