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All cover all bases synonyms

cov·er all ba·ses
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verb cover all bases

  • protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • assure — If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
  • secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
  • cushion — A cushion is a fabric case filled with soft material, which you put on a seat to make it more comfortable.
  • save — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
  • support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • look after — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
  • ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
  • preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
  • safeguard — something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
  • shield — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
  • shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
  • defend — If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
  • cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • insulate — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
  • conserve — If you conserve a supply of something, you use it carefully so that it lasts for a long time.
  • fend — to ward off (often followed by off): to fend off blows.
  • champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
  • bulwark — A bulwark against something protects you against it. A bulwark of something protects it.
  • harbor — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
  • screen — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
  • watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
  • stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
  • chaperon — (esp formerly) an older or married woman who accompanies or supervises a young unmarried woman on social occasions
  • foster — to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
  • shade — the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
  • hedge — a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
  • house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
  • roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
  • chamber — A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings.
  • guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • haven — a harbor or port.
  • go to bat for — Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket.
  • sentinel — a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
  • cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
  • shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • stand guard — keep watch
  • watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
  • ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
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