coat someone or something with something

coat someone or something with something
coat someone or something with something
to put a layer of something on someone or something. •

Her manager coated her with grease before she began the Channel swim.

The cook coated the chicken with batter and dropped it into the hot fat.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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