Meanings
verbcover 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)
present singular third person covers one's back · participle present covering one's back · participle past covered one's back · past covered one's back
- figurativelyinformalTo 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
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo protect or look out for oneself.
Similar
cover one's backsidecover one's behindcover one's rearcover one's asscover one's arse
Translations
Finnish suojella itseään
- suojella itseäänTranslations
French assurer ses arrières, protéger ses arrières
- assurer ses arrièresTranslations
- protéger ses arrièresTranslations
- couvrir ses arrièresTranslations
Hungarian fedezi magát, védi magát
- fedezi magátTranslations
- védi magátTranslations
- védekezikTranslations
- bebiztosítja magátTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
cover one's back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20one's%20back
MLA
“cover one's back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20one's%20back. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cover one's back,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20one's%20back.
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