cover ground

cover ground
(cover (the) ground)
1) путешествовать

The expedition covered the ground north of the town. — Экспедиция обследовала район к северу от города.

2) разг. быстро передвигаться; развивать большую скорость

Herby's new car really covers ground. (DAI) — Новая машина Хэрби развивает большую скорость.

3) изучать, обсуждать вопрос; касаться ряда вопросов (обыкн. cover a great deal of ground, cover much ground и т. п.)

Well - sounds as if it covered the ground. It certainly is a fine thing to be able to orate. (S. Lewis, ‘Babbitt’, ch. VI) — что ж, как будто тут обо всем сказано. Великое дело - владеть даром слова.

You'll run on this anyway so we may as well cover the ground right now and get it out of our system. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Shapely Shadow’, ch. 4) — Ты все равно будешь спрашивать об этом. Так что нам лучше обсудить этот вопрос сейчас и больше не касаться его.

The Committee's report covers a great deal of new ground. (ALD) — В отчете комитета был затронут целый ряд новых вопросов.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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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 — to examine subjects or discuss ideas. Much of the book covers ground that will be familiar to Unix programmers. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of cover ground (= to move across an area) …   New idioms dictionary

  • 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


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