sweep something under the carpet

English

Verb

sweep something under the carpet (third-person singular simple present sweeps something under the carpet, present participle sweeping something under the carpet, simple past and past participle swept something under the carpet)

1. synonym of sweep something under the rug
   • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     I've been struggling with what I am now for 6 years—and it's time to stop sweeping the issue under the carpet

References

• “sweep something under the carpet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.