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cover each other's blind spots

help notice overlooked problems

If people cover each other's blind spots, they help one another notice problems that one person has missed.

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Why does the team work so well?

We cover each other's blind spots.

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Our different backgrounds help us cover each other's blind spots.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: We cover each other's blind sides at work.

Say: We cover each other's blind spots at work.

The expression is “blind spots,” meaning things someone fails to notice.

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How it fits in a sentence.

cover each other's blind spots; cover someone's blind spots

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Our different backgrounds help us cover each other's blind spots.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

cover each other's blind spots

help notice overlooked problems

“Our different backgrounds help us cover each other's blind spots.”

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