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Cover all the bases.
If you cover all the bases, you deal with all aspects of a situation or issue, or anticipate all possibilities.
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I felt like we covered the bases.
"The governor and his wife have covered the bases.
His overall argument was close, and it certainly covered the bases, but even a serious supporter of colonization had to adjust his message to the undeniable fact that the policy had not yet delivered.
An opening video covered the bases of gangsta machismo: it showed Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg enjoying the favors of groupies, going out for marijuana and then shooting robbers at a liquor store, clearly no longer identifying with small-time thugs.
He probably thought he had learnt the lesson and covered the bases after his experience with GQ magazine in the early days of his fame, when he allowed a reporter the sort of access that is the stuff of reporters' dreams.
Diaspora has now covered the bases to become a satisfactory solution for those uncomfortable with the compromises of control required for joining the leading social networks.
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The base closed in 1992, after the 1991 eruption of Mt Pinatubo covered the base in volcanic ash and efforts to extend a joint treaty failed.
It covered the base of the thumb and the thenar eminence but not the wrist.
The new FSA report covers the bases, but its recommendations are nothing like punchy enough.
Throw in some firebombs and a few chemical warheads, just to cover the bases.
The tectrices cover the bases of the remiges, overlapping and decreasing in size toward the leading edge of the wing.
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