cover one's back

English

Verb

cover one's back (third-person singular simple present covers one's back, present participle covering one's back, simple past and past participle covered one's back)

1. (informal, figuratively) To protect or look out for oneself.

   Synonyms: cover one's backside, cover one's behind, cover one's rear, cover one's ass, cover one's arse

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: suojella itseään
• French: assurer ses arrières, protéger ses arrières, couvrir ses arrières
• Hungarian: fedezi magát, védi magát, védekezik (hu), bebiztosítja magát

Further reading

• “cover one's back”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cover your back cover your rear”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “cover your backside behind rear”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.