cover one's bases
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[edit]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)
- (idiomatic) To be thorough; to prepare thoroughly or completely.
- She eats a balanced diet, but takes vitamin pills anyway, to cover her bases.