cover ass

cover your ass

(rude)

to make sure that you cannot be blamed or criticized later for something The police were more interested in covering their asses than in finding the killer.

cover (one's) ass

Vulgar Slang To take measures to avoid being held responsible if something goes wrong.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
AurÉLien	o-re-LYAWN	French
Minu	-	Persian
Archelaus	ahr-kee-LAY-əs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical Latin, Biblical
Reed	[ri:d]
Jaakob	-	Finnish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Lavrenty	-	Russian