covers ground
Travels significant distance
Covers ground means to travel a distance or make progress through material.
Literally, it describes movement across terrain: We covered a lot of ground on today's hike.
More often figurative, referring to topics addressed or work accomplished: The meeting covered a lot of ground.
Someone who covers ground efficiently moves through tasks or territory with speed.
- explainMake something understood
- break it downExplain in simpler steps
- advanceMove or progress forward
- make headwayAchieve forward momentum
- accomplishComplete successfully
trek · travel · road trip · cross country · discuss · stride · summarize · touch on · elaborate · canvass · wander · achieve · outline · roam · journey · complete · go the distance · analyze
covers groundstays put
Remains in place
stands still · goes nowhere · stays in place · stagnates · stalls
covers groundwastes time
Spends moments unproductively
stalls out · dawdles · procrastinates · flounders · falls behind
covers groundglosses over
Minimizes or obscures flaws
skims · overlooks · neglects · ignores · misses the mark
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