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Phrase(s): cover something up
1. Lit. to place some sort of cover on something. • Please cover up that mess with a cloth. • Cover it up. 2. Fig. to conceal a wrongdoing; to conceal evidence. • They tried to cover the crime up, but the single footprint gave them away. • She could not cover up her misdeeds., Phrase(s): cover someone or something up
to place something on someone or something for protection or concealment. • Cover the pie up, so Terry won’t see it. • Cover up Jimmy so he doesn’t get cold.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Wrap up or enfold in order to protect. For example, Be sure to cover up the outdoor furniture in case of rain, or It's cold, so be sure to cover up the baby. [Late 1800s] 2. Conceal something, especially a crime, as in The opposition accused the President of covering up his assistant's suicide. [c. 1920]
American Heritage Idioms
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noun ADJ. big, major | government VERB + COVER-UP be engaged in, be implicated in, be involved in Military leaders were involved in a major cover-up. | accuse sb of PREP. ~ by cover-ups by the police | ~ over evidence of a cover-up over arms sales PHRASES allegations/claims of a cover-up
Oxford Collocations Dictionary