cover for

VERB
  1. provide an excuse or alibi for someone so as to cover up guilt
    I won't lie and cover for you
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How To Use cover for In A Sentence

  • Liberal democracy is a fraud, a cover for the power of the elite. Times, Sunday Times
  • Now, though, insurers find they are increasingly paying out for teenagers crashing expensive vehicles that they would not normally have the ghost of a chance of obtaining cover for.
  • Actually, I was thinking of M&P on top of the CP, as a cover for the paper, but since the water in CP would make it wet to pour on top of the paper, dunno. Microsoft Soap - Set Up
  • It would also release more time for doctors, who would no longer need to cope with people presenting illness as a cover for their real aim - the chance to talk to a sympathetic person about their personal problems.
  • They provide cover for a patrol against small arms fire and allow stealthy movement through hostile territory. Times, Sunday Times
  • Thoughtfully this model features attached objective lens covers and a cover for the oculars.
  • It's your responsibility to arrange adequate cover for holiday periods.
  • DJ worked until late Thursday night (well, late for a 9 year old), making a cover for his report, rewording the report three or four times, making the cover over again… it's tough being a perfectionist.
  • Why would she cover for someone who was trying to kill her?
  • Another educator, Kate Foy of the British School in Washington, says the teacher's role is to enable students to discover for themselves.
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