cover up

See also: coverup and cover-up

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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.
- 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.
The politician tried to cover up his involvement in the scandal.
(idiomatic) To clothe.
(idiomatic) To put covers over oneself in bed.
Please cover up and go to sleep now.

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hide, conceal, forcover

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to conceal or disguise

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
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Azerbaijani: ört-basdır etmək
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French: cacher (fr), dissimuler (fr), couvrir (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: vertuschen (de)
Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌰𐌽 (filhan)
Greek: κουκουλώνω (el) (koukoulóno)
Hungarian: elleplez (hu), leplez (hu), eltussol (hu), elhallgat (hu)
Irish: cumhdaigh
Italian: insabbiare, occultare (it)
Latin: obtegō, operiō (la)
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Maori: tauhuna
Polish: tuszować impf, zatuszowywać impf, zatuszować pf
Portuguese: encobrir (pt)
Romanian: acoperi (ro), ascunde (ro), mușamaliza (ro)
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Spanish: encubrir (es), cohonestar (es)
Swedish: mörklägga (sv), täcka över (sv), skyla (sv)
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to clothe

French: couvrir (fr)
Irish: cumhdaigh
Maori: whakapūngenengene

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