cover all bases



cover all bases

To be well-prepared for every possible outcome. We need to cover all bases here—check every office and make sure it's been evacuated. I know I don't have the best grades, so I covered all bases by applying to 15 colleges.
See also: all, bases, cover

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aldith-Medieval English
BeckahBEK-əEnglish
Islambek-Chechen
Lucinaloo-SEEN-ə (English)Roman Mythology
Ghjulia-Corsican
Eliezerel-ie-EE-zər (English)Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek