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Re: Cover your bases

Posted by ESC on May 26, 2000

In Reply to: Cover your bases posted by Brad Forester on May 25, 2000

: Does anyone have an explanation for the phrase "cover your bases"

That's a sports thing. Some of the fans on Phrase Finder will have to explain because my knowledge of baseball is zero.