ENENENEN
FR
ES
RU
IT
TR
UKcover one's back
/kˈʌvə wˈɒnz bˈak/
/kˈʌvɚ wˈʌnz bˈæk/to cover one's back
[PHRASE]1
to take action in order to save a person from being criticized, punished, blamed, etc.
synonyms : cover {one's} ass
Examples
1. 'Cause if you're alone and you're looking down your sniper rifle then no one's covering your back.
2. Look at how much algae is covering his back.
3. Come on, cover my back, Conan.
4. And I like this, comes all the way up and covers his back. -
more