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Meaning of "cover one's ass" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COVER ONE'S ASS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COVER ONE'S ASS

cover
cover band
cover bidding
cover charge
cover crop
cover girl
cover glass
cover letter
cover note
cover point
cover price
cover slip
cover story
cover version
cover-mounted
cover-shoulder
cover-up
coverable
coverage
coverall

WORDS THAT END LIKE COVER ONE'S ASS

ass
badass
bass
brass
Buridan´s ass
bypass
class
come to pass
compass
first class
first-class
glass
grass
in the mass
kick ass
mass
pass
smart ass
whup ass
world-class

Synonyms and antonyms of cover one's ass in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cover one's ass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COVER ONE'S ASS

Find out the translation of cover one's ass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cover one's ass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cover one's ass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

包括一个人的屁股
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cubrir uno de culo
570 millions of speakers

English

cover one´s ass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक गधा कवर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تغطية المرء الحمار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

покрыть свою задницу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cobrir sua bunda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটি গাধা গাধা আবরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couvrir son cul
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tutup keldai seseorang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

decken ein Arsch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自分のお尻をカバー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 엉덩이 를 커버
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tutup bokong siji
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bao gồm một của ass
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு கழுதை மூடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याच्या गाढवाचे झाकण करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kıçını örtmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coprirsi il culo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pokrycie własnego tyłka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

покрити свою дупу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

acoperă fundul cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καλύπτει τον κώλο κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dek ´n mens se gat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omfatta en åsna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dekke ens ass
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cover one's ass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COVER ONE'S ASS»

The term «cover one's ass» is used very little and occupies the 159.442 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COVER ONE'S ASS»

Discover the use of cover one's ass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cover one's ass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Slang: Cultural Language Guide to Living in the USA
Cover one's ass [expressive]: to protect; protect one's reputation or person; be able to defend oneself. If you want to cover your ass, you should document your actions. You should document the events that occurred today to cover your ass in  ...
Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo, 2004
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美國常用成語及片語
... in the vernacular, to cover your derriere ? [ DN, Fri, 11/4/88, 5, 2] . , lu ( euphemism) [IJ] Cover one's derriere ^ cover one's ass derriere, out on one's fired from a job deserts, just Myerson's lawyer, Fred Hafetz, asked Rickman whether he 93.
劉光煒, 1995
3
Birds Speak-out ...
The two Wings under each arm denoted the man's (woman's) ability, figuratively speaking, to cover any situation and literally fly outside of one's body to “cover one's ass”. Some persons stated the second set of Wings were for redundancy, ...
Joseph L. Bishop, 2008
4
Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
... speak tosb,as punishment. cover Br./Am. coverage/ protectionby insurance against a liability, loss or accidents involving financial consequences. cover/ cover (all) the bases Am. deal with the problem thoroughly. cover/ cover one's ass/butt ...
V. S. Matyushenkov, 2010
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... also see BREAK ONE's Ass; CHEW (sOMEONE's Ass) OUT; COVER ONE's Ass; DRAG ONE's Ass; KICK Ass; KICK IN THE PANTS (Ass); KIss Ass; MAKE A FOOL (AN Ass) OF; PAIN IN THE NECK (Ass); sTICK IT (UP ONE's A55); YOU BET ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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The Pirate Captain: Chronicles of a Legend
Clothes, tarpaulins, blankets, right down to the hammocks, the table napkins and the cook's apron: we took anything and everything what could be possibly shifted to cover one's ass.” He looked judiciously to the Valor's shattered rigging.
Kerry Lynne, 2013
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Current Words And Phrases
Count somebody out : to exclude a person from a particular activity. If you want to float a new party, you may count me out. Cover one's ass : hide one's weakness. He takes credit when things go well, but when things are not so good, he covers ...
B. N. Kakkar, 1998
8
Against Understanding Volume 1: Commentary and Critique in a ...
Another analysand, who, given the context, was ostensibly seeking the syntagm “ to save face,” came out with the compromise formation “to cover face,” suggesting possible interference from the vernacular “to cover one's ass.” What such a ...
Bruce Fink, 2013
9
The Pirate Captain, Chronicles of a Legend: Nor Silver
Clothes, tarpaulins, blankets, right down to the hammocks, the table napkins and the cook's apron: we took anything and everything what could be possibly shifted to cover one's ass.” He looked judiciously to the Valor'sshattered rigging.
KerryLynne, 2013
10
Double Dip
... to The Sun Herald. I'd wornthe blue dress backwards. The Xwas supposed tobe inthefront, to cover the girls, and the horizontalruffles were intended tobe inthe back,to cover one's ass. The caption read,“Wecan'twait toseethis fashion show!
Gretchen Archer, 2014

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COVER ONE'S ASS»

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Malacañang and Mamasapano, deception and disrespect
Here's one reason: To cover one's ass. Which is not always a bad or inappropriate motive. In this case, it is the practical and responsible move. «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Feb 15»
2
Fellatio and fruit bats: sexual harassment vs. academic freedom
Nothing makes a bigger mockery of that freedom than using it to cover one's ass in a case of sexual harassment. Evans' actions mock ... «GlobalComment.com, May 10»
3
Torchwood: Children of Earth
... the Prime Minister involve plans on how to cover one's ass, politically speaking. As the story progresses, however, we become sympathetic to ... «DVD Talk, Jul 09»
4
Happy 20th Birthday, Nintendo Game Boy
... trolling, stopped acting like a tool and stopped looking so much into PR statements, which more often then not are made to cover one's ass. «Kotaku.com, Apr 09»

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