cover up

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cover up - hide from view or knowledge; "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"

cover

conceal, hide - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"

hush up, sleek over, whitewash, gloss over - cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"

Translations

? cover up

(= wrap up) → sich einmummen

(= conceal a fact) → alles vertuschen or verheimlichen; don’t try to cover up → versuchen Sie nicht, Ihren Fehler zu vertuschen; to cover up for somebody → jdn decken

vt sep

child → zudecken; object also, tennis court → abdecken

(= hide) truth, facts → vertuschen, verheimlichen

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