cover someone's ass (English, verb)
expansion: cover someone's ass (third-person singular simple present covers someone's ass, present participle covering someone's ass, simple past and past participle covered someone's ass)
Senses:
glosses: To make preparations or take precautions to ensure that a person is not blamed or punished for his or her conduct.
tags: Canada
US
idiomatic
vulgar
Forms:
form: covers someone's ass
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: covering someone's ass
tags: participle
present
form: covered someone's ass
tags: participle
past
form: covered someone's ass
tags: past