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DictionarySeecovercover the waterfront
cover the waterfrontTo be thorough and comprehensive in what is presented or dealt with. This thesis will attempt to cover the waterfront of English Law from 1950 to the present.See also: cover, waterfrontcover the waterfrontto deal with every detail concerning a specific topic. Her talk really covered the waterfront. By the time she finished, I knew much more than I wanted to know.See also: cover, waterfrontcover the waterfront mainly AMERICANIf you cover the waterfront, you include or deal with a very wide range of things, or every aspect of something. Moving full-time into TV presenting, Tyler has covered the waterfront from current affairs programmes and documentaries to daytime chat shows.See also: cover, waterfrontcover the waterfront cover every aspect of something. North American informal 1999 Tony Parsons Man and Boy And I suddenly realised how many father figures Luke has, father figures who seem to cover the waterfront of parental responsibilities. See also: cover, waterfront cover the waterfront To treat, examine, or include a full range of things: a book that covers the waterfront on starting your own business.See also: cover, waterfrontcover the waterfront, toTo include or comprise everything about something, to leave nothing out. Why this American colloquialism should use “waterfront” to mean everything about some subject is a mystery: for example, “This American history course begins with Columbus and ends with the last election—it really covers the waterfront.”See also: cover |