Usually means: Address every aspect or possibility.
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  1. cover all the bases: Merriam-Webster
  2. cover all the bases: Wiktionary
  3. cover all the bases: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. cover all the bases: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (Cover all the bases)

verb:  Alternative form of cover one's bases [(idiomatic) To be thorough; to prepare thoroughly or completely.]

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