Usually means: Provide protection or substitute temporarily.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. cover for: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. cover for: Vocabulary.com
  3. cover for: Dictionary.com
  4. cover for: Rhymezone
  5. cover for: FreeDictionary.org
  6. cover for: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. cover for: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. cover for: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cover for: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cover for: Idioms

Definitions from WordNet (cover for)

verb:  provide an excuse or alibi for someone so as to cover up guilt ("I won't lie and cover for you")


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