- cover ground
- to examine subjects or discuss ideas.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of cover ground (= to move across an area)
Much of the book covers ground that will be familiar to Unix programmers.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
cover ground
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cover\ ground — • cover (the) ground v. phr. 1. To go a distance; travel. Mr. Rogers likes to travel in planes, because they cover ground so quickly. 2. informal To move over an area at a speed that is pleasing; move quickly over a lot of ground. The new… … Словарь американских идиом
cover ground — or[cover the ground] {v. phr.} 1. To go a distance; travel. * /Mr. Rogers likes to travel in planes, because they cover ground so quickly./ 2. {informal} To move over an area at a speed that is pleasing; move quickly over a lot of ground. * /The… … Dictionary of American idioms
cover ground — or[cover the ground] {v. phr.} 1. To go a distance; travel. * /Mr. Rogers likes to travel in planes, because they cover ground so quickly./ 2. {informal} To move over an area at a speed that is pleasing; move quickly over a lot of ground. * /The… … Dictionary of American idioms
cover ground — phrasal see cover the ground … New Collegiate Dictionary
cover ground — phrasal see cover the ground … Useful english dictionary
To cover ground — Cover Cov er (k?v ?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Covered} ( ?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Covering}.] [OF. covrir, F. couvrir, fr. L. cooperire; co + operire to cover; probably fr. ob towards, over + the root appearing in aperire to open. Cf. {Aperient},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cover ground — advance, move forward; move a long way, travel far … English contemporary dictionary
cover ground — idi a) to travel over a certain area b) to make some progress … From formal English to slang
cover\ the\ ground — • cover (the) ground v. phr. 1. To go a distance; travel. Mr. Rogers likes to travel in planes, because they cover ground so quickly. 2. informal To move over an area at a speed that is pleasing; move quickly over a lot of ground. The new… … Словарь американских идиом
Cover — Cov er (k?v ?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Covered} ( ?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Covering}.] [OF. covrir, F. couvrir, fr. L. cooperire; co + operire to cover; probably fr. ob towards, over + the root appearing in aperire to open. Cf. {Aperient}, {Overt},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
