Cover All Of One's Bases Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Cover All Of One's Bases Idiom mean?

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cover all of one's bases What does cover all of one's bases mean?	thoroughly prepare for or deal with a situation	thoroughly prepare for or deal with a situationHe covered all of his bases before going to the job interview and performed very well.
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put one's hand to the plow What does "put one's hand to the plow" mean?	to begin to do a big and important task	I put my hands to the plow in order to get my essay finished before the weekend.

saddled with debt What does "saddled with debt" mean?	to be burdened with debt	Our company is saddled with debt and must do something about it quickly.
sort of (something) What does "sort of (something)" mean?	to be almost something, to be similar to something, to be not quite something	"Did you finish cleaning the kitchen?"
by a long shot What does "by a long shot" mean?	by a big difference	Our company beat out the bids of the other companies by a long shot.
Never a rose without the prick What does "Never a rose without the prick" mean?	This means that good things always have something bad as well; like the thorns on the stem of a rose.
nut What does "nut" mean?	eccentric, peculiar individual; insane person

what's happening What does "what's happening" mean?	idiom. what's going on
in trouble What does "in trouble" mean?	in danger, in difficulty	The boy has been in trouble with the school all of this term.
go belly up What does "go belly up" mean?	to go out of business because of financial problems	The small computer company went belly up several months ago.
out of sight What does "out of sight" mean?	to be not visible	The children were out of sight and we could not see them.
all roads lead to Rome What does "all roads lead to Rome" mean?	the same end or goal may be reached by many different ways	All roads lead to Rome and the two groups used two different methods to finish the project.
feed the kitty What does "feed the kitty" mean?	to contribute money to a special collection	Everybody had to feed the kitty in order to collect money for the party.

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Cover All Of One's Bases Idiom