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"Cover all the bases"

"Cover all the bases" means to be thorough and make sure nothing important has been missed or overlooked.

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How "Cover all the bases" shows up at work

A baseball import that shows up most reliably in emails where someone is trying to pre-justify a process that is about to take twice as long as it should. Often followed by a twelve-item checklist.

Buzzword

Let's cover all the bases before we send this proposal to the client.

Plain English

Let's be thorough and check everything before we send this proposal to the client.

Corporate Rank: Associate · Category: Buzzword Adjectives & Filler

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