cover up
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Verb
cover up (third-person singular simple present covers up, present participle covering up, simple past and past participle covered up)
- (idiomatic) To conceal or disguise.
- The politician tried to cover up his involvement in the scandal.
- 1980, “Best of Boston”, in Real Paper:
- Even when [the mechanics] didn't know how to fix everything, they never cheated anybody or covered up. So over the years they kept learning new makes and new techniques, and now can repair about anything.
- 2023 December 13, “Network News: £13,000 stolen via car park QR”, in RAIL, number 998, page 11:
- TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.
- (idiomatic) To clothe.
- (idiomatic) To put covers over oneself in bed.
- Please cover up and go to sleep now.
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Translations
to conceal or disguise
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