sweep under the rug

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Verb sweep under the rug has 1 sense

sweep under the rug - to conceal something in the hopes it won't be discovered by others; "The president tried to sweep the embarrassing incident under the rug"
--₁ is one way to hide, conceal
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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