COVER FOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cover for mean? 

• COVER FOR (verb)
  The verb COVER FOR has 1 sense:

1. provide an excuse or alibi for someone so as to cover up guilt

  Familiarity information: COVER FOR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COVER FOR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide an excuse or alibi for someone so as to cover up guilt

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

I won't lie and cover for you

Hypernyms (to "cover for" is one way to...):

protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

In the deal, Austrian, United Kingdom and New Zealand production sites are to be kept, with market sales expected to cover for the price in the long run.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)

With government resolution No. 1430/2019, the state issued an indemnity bond to cover for HDT's 38.8 million euro loan, and daily Népszava covered the story with a headline pointing out that amount as the presumed price.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)