"cover one's bases" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "covers one's bases",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "covering one's bases",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "covered one's bases",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "covered one's bases",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She eats a balanced diet, but takes vitamin pills anyway, to cover her bases.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be thorough; to prepare thoroughly or completely."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "thorough",
          "thorough"
        ],
        [
          "prepare",
          "prepare"
        ],
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be thorough; to prepare thoroughly or completely."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cover all of one's bases"
        },
        {
          "word": "cover all the bases"
        },
        {
          "word": "cover the bases"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "word": "cover one's bases"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "covers one's bases",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "covering one's bases",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "covered one's bases",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "covered one's bases",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "cover one's bases"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She eats a balanced diet, but takes vitamin pills anyway, to cover her bases.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be thorough; to prepare thoroughly or completely."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thorough",
          "thorough"
        ],
        [
          "prepare",
          "prepare"
        ],
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be thorough; to prepare thoroughly or completely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cover all of one's bases"
    },
    {
      "word": "cover all the bases"
    },
    {
      "word": "cover the bases"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cover one's bases"
}