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whitewash gloss over sleek over hush up

Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error WordNet 3.0

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Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash. Wiktionary

To cover over errors or bad actions. Wiktionary

Cover errors. Wiktionary (translation)

She tried to gloss over her mistakes WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church. Wiktionary

They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice. Wiktionary

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up

Wiktionary

gloss over, whitewash

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