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Synonyms for cover up
cov·er up
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Princeton's WordNet
cover-upverb
concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public
cover, cover upverb
hide from view or knowledge
"The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"
Synonyms:
brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cover, cross, get across, insure
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#224 | report | |
#249 | address | |
#701 | track | |
#846 | cover | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1083 | cross | |
#1274 | deal | |
#2465 | handle | |
#2880 | hide | |
#3758 | treat | |
#4532 | extend | |
#7484 | breed | |
#10044 | insure | |
#10795 | embrace | |
#11770 | hatch | |
#14438 | overlay | |
#15260 | compensate | |
#16278 | traverse | |
#20259 | encompass | |
#21181 | comprehend | |
#24516 | plow | |
#25681 | brood | |
#31722 | shroud | |
#59675 | underwrite | |
#60545 | incubate | |
#257351 | overcompensate |
How to use cover up in a sentence?
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy:
I want to know where the facts lead, and if that includes members that had a role in organizing or that they knew or that tried to cover up, that's important.
We make the pledge 'never again.' There will be no cover up. We will respond quickly to accusations, improve governance structure, be more transparent and we will listen, we know that only actions not words can rebuild trust, and until trust is rebuilt all the apologies in the world will miss the mark.
Liberal politicians that are begging for apologies are just trying to cover up for their own mistakes and their own missteps.
A dismissal is a cover-up and deprives the American people of the truth.
Laurence Doud is being framed, in no uncertain terms. The government has it all wrong and is being used by others to cover up their wrongdoing, laurence Doud will fight these false charges to Laurence Doud last breath, and Laurence Doud will be vindicated.
Translations for cover up
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- CouvrirFrench
- encobrirPortuguese
- 掩饰Chinese
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