"coprire le spalle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Italian]

Forms: coprìre le spalle [canonical], còpro le spalle [first-person, present, singular], coprìi le spalle [first-person, historic, past, singular], copèrsi le spalle [first-person, historic, past, singular], copèrto le spalle [participle, past], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to cover the shoulders”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to cover the shoulders}} “to cover the shoulders”, {{lit|to cover the shoulders}} Literally, “to cover the shoulders” Head templates: {{it-verb|a/@|head=~spall􂀿e:a􂁀}} coprìre le spalle (first-person singular present còpro le spalle, first-person singular past historic coprìi le spalle or copèrsi le spalle, past participle copèrto le spalle, auxiliary avére)
  1. (idiomatic) to have (someone's) back [with a ‘someone’] Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: stare dalla propria parte, esserci per
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