to cover one's ass
01
to save a person from receiving criticism, punishment, blame, etc.
Dialect
American
American![to [cover] {one's} [ass] definition and meaning](https://cdn.langeek.co/photo/44510/original/?type=jpeg "to [cover] {one's} [ass] definition and meaning")
Idiom
Offensive
أمثلة
Politicians do n't care about the outcome of the vote, they just care about covering their asses.
After the project failed, he tried to cover his ass by blaming his team and documenting their alleged mistakes.
