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Meaning of cover your backside/behind/rear in English

cover your backside/behind/rear

idiom   disapproving very informal (also UK disapproving offensive cover your arse); (also US disapproving offensive cover your ass/butt)
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to do something to protect yourself from blame or criticism in the future:
This so-called enquiry is purely designed to cover their backsides.
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Defending and protecting
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(Definition of cover your backside/behind/rear from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of cover your backside/behind/rear

in Chinese (Traditional)
（做某事以）保護自己的利益，不讓別人抓住痛腳…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
（做某事以）保护自己的利益，不让别人抓住小辫子…
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