cover the waterfront

English

Verb

cover the waterfront (third-person singular simple present covers the waterfront, present participle covering the waterfront, simple past and past participle covered the waterfront)

  1. To cover every aspect of a topic or situation.
    • 1975, J. W. George Ivany, Today's Science:
      But on the other hand, we continue to see huge sales of teacher-oriented textbooks that cover the waterfront of the major facts, laws, and theories in each and every domain of science.
    • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
      "I hear you," Polly said. "I do feel better, I can't help it, and I'm very grateful for it. Does that about cover the waterfront?"
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