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(To) “Cover A Lot Of Ground”
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Idiomatic & Metaphorical Verb-Phrase
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When referring to having a: Conversation, Meeting, or Discussion of any sort — this phrase is used to express that the discussion covered many different subjects — and it implies that a lot was accomplished by doing-so.
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“I think that it was a very productive meeting. We certainly covered a lot of ground, and I think that we all have a much better understanding of how best to move forward.”
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Remember! — this is the idiomatic and metaphorical use of this verb-phrase. If a person uses this phrase when referring something like: Landscaping, Excavation, Agriculture, or possibly doing a Search — then it would be the literal usage of the phrase — meaning that they actually “covered” (or went over) a large area of the “ground” (the land, the Earth).
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