From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcover (all) the basescover (all) the basesINCLUDEto make sure you can deal with any situation or problem so that nothing bad happens Parents are already stressed trying to cover the bases at home and at work. → cover
Examples from the Corpus
cover (all) the bases• Stacked humbuckers are one solution but Chandler's Firebird pickups cover all the bases equally well, while sounding refreshingly individual. 