C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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[cover a lot of ground] {v. phr.}
To process a great deal of information and various facts.
Professor Brown's thorough lecture on asteroids covered a lot of ground today.
[cover girl] {n.}
A pretty girl or woman whose picture is put on the cover of a magazine.
Ann is not a cover girl, but she is pretty enough to be.
[cover ground] or [cover the ground] {v. phr.}
1. To go a distance; travel.
Mr. Rogers likes to travel in planes, because they cover ground so quickly.
2. {informal} To move over an area at a speed that is pleasing; move quickly over a lot of […]
[cover one's tracks] or [cover up one's tracks] {v. phr.}
1. To hide and not leave anything, especially foot marks, to show where you have been, so that no one can follow you.
The deer covered his tracks by running in a stream.
2. {informal}
To […]
[cover the waterfront] {v. phr.}
To talk or write all about something; talk about something all possible ways.
The principal pretty well covered the waterfront on student behavior.
[cover up] {v.}, {informal}
1. To hide something wrong or bad from attention.
The spy covered up his picture-taking by pretending to be just a tourist.
* /A crooked banker tried to cover up his stealing some of the bank's money by starting a fire […]
[cover-up] {n.}, {slang}
A plan or excuse to escape blame or punishment; lie, alibi.
When the men robbed the bank, their cover-up was to dress like policemen.
Joe's cover-up to his mother after he had been fighting was that he fell down.