same as cover
to hide the truth about something by not telling what you know or by preventing other people from telling what they know
to put more clothes or covers on your body, to hide it or keep it warm
From what she could learn, the fire at the mine had been an accident and not a cover-up.
He got his powerful friends to cover up for him.
It was a real scandal, but the school tried to cover the whole thing up.
It’s freezing outside, so cover up.
There mustn't even be the slightest hint of a cover-up, of special treatment.
Trying to cover up his slip of the tongue, he added, `Would you mind staying here with Robyn till I come back?
Whatever Bondougou was doing for him, and I only knew of that one cover-up some months ago, he was taking some heavy cream.
When dad saw my short skirt he told me to cover myself up.
covers up
covering up
covered up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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