cover all the bases AmE
cover all bases AmE

And that would cover all the bases for a while.

"So I tried very hard to cover all the bases."

But this simple answer does not cover all the bases.

"To come up with some systems that cover all the bases is difficult."

He tried to think of everything, cover all the bases before the battle.

Still, no single air bag design can cover all the bases.

This was going nowhere, although you had to cover all the bases.

Even the best schools don't always cover all the bases.

"Your boss sure seems to have covered all the bases."

That's more than enough people to cover all the bases."

But you tried to cover all the bases as best you could, just in case.

"Well, it certainly sounds as if you are covering all the bases," Jack said.

Now it seems like we've covered all the bases.

You're basically right, but I want to cover all the bases."

"He'll want to take over, get a tactical team together and cover all the bases.

"Near as I can figure, he's covered all the bases," she added with a smile.

It's the job of the market leader to cover all the bases; you just want to get one ball over the wall."

"That would leave us free to cover all the bases on Farrow.

You can't cover all the bases at one time.

She was covering all the bases, which was really smart.

I was just trying to cover all the bases."

This felt like a waste of time, but he might as well cover all the bases while he was here.

Soccer, girlfriends, salaries, family health the two men covered all the bases.

You two seem to have covered all the bases."

Whether its attention to a classic vehicle or devotion to family, they tend to cover all the bases.

Think through the process and make sure you cover all bases.

I could not think of a third hypothesis; those two seemed to cover all bases.

In making up guidelines, school districts may try to cover all bases.

So, to cover all bases, I've written the whole thing in its entirety.

"I thought we might as well cover all bases."

The admiral was Russia's attempt to cover all bases in one body.

This does not come across as ambiguity; it feels more like covering all bases.

We wanted to cover all bases and ended up covering none."

I figure we cover all bases on this one."

"It seems like you've pretty well covered all bases.

We cover all bases with our uncontrollable stream of negative thoughts.

Review at the end of the year on the retention per cent means we have covered all bases, including international cooperation.

I was supposed to cover all bases with video."

For the safety of both parties involved, it's imperative to cover all bases."

Trying to cover all bases, South called for a low trump, insuring his contract if both opponents followed.

But covering all bases, fashion designers are offering short and long skirts in their new collections.

I'm just trying to cover all bases.

No fool I, I covered all bases, leaving nothing to chance.

"That's what I think, but I want to cover all bases."

Outside of abortion and gun control, the platform has been rewritten to cover all bases while offending no feelings.

We're under no illusions that not everyone's going to like every song / direction but hopefully we'll cover all bases by the series' end.

Trying to cover all bases meant that we often bombarded users with information that most simply didn't need.

That was why the forecasters covered all bases: sunny with cloudy periods and chance of a shower.

"The owner is just covering all bases."

Mr. Callahan captures strong personalities and covers all bases.