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Also, cover the territory or waterfront . Be comprehensive. For example, The review course will cover the field very well , or Bob's new assignment really covers the territory , or The superintendent's speech covered the waterfront on the drug problem . These expressions all employ the verb cover in the sense of “extend over” or “include,” a usage dating from the late 1700s, with the nouns ( field, ground, territory, waterfront ) each meaning “whole area.”Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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