Definition of 'cover up'
3. See also cover-up
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cover-up in British English
verb cover up (adverb)
2. (transitive)
to cover completely
3. (when intr, often foll by for)
to attempt to conceal (a mistake or crime)
she tried to cover up for her friend
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(ˈkʌvərˌʌp)
noun
1.
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[1925–30; n. use of v. phrase cover up]Examples of 'cover-up' in a sentence
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cover up
British English: cover-up
NOUN /ˈkʌvərˌʌp/
A cover-up is an attempt to hide a crime or mistake.
The general denied there'd been any cover-up.
- American English: cover-up /ˈkʌvərˌʌp/
- Brazilian Portuguese: encobrimento dos fatos
- Chinese: 掩盖对罪行、错误的
- European Spanish: encubrimiento
- French: tentative pour étouffer une affaire N
- German: Vertuschung
- Italian: occultamento
- Japanese: もみ消し
- Korean: 은폐
- European Portuguese: encobrimento dos factos
- Latin American Spanish: encubrimiento
- Thai: การปกปิด, การปิดบัง
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