cover your backside/behind/rear
very informal also UK offensive cover your arse, also US offensive cover your ass/buttto do something to protect yourself from blame or criticism in the future:
He'd do anything to cover his ass, including lie, cheat, and murder.
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Defending and protecting
- baby
- bandobast
- bastion
- biodefence
- cherish
- featherbed
- guard
- kill
- mother
- out of harm's way idiom
- overprotective
- patrol
- proof
- proof
- protect
- protective
- ring-fence
- rustproof
- wrap
- wrap sb (up) in cotton wool idiom
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