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cov·er up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cover-upverb

    concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public

  2. cover, cover upverb

    hide from view or knowledge

    "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"

Wiktionary

  1. cover upverb

    To conceal or disguise.

ChatGPT

  1. cover up

    Cover up refers to an act of concealing, hiding or obscuring the truth or facts in order to prevent the discovery of wrongdoing, mistakes, or illegal activities. This can involve actions such as hiding evidence, providing false information, or misleading others to prevent the truth from being revealed. It is often associated with scandals, crimes, or any form of misconduct.

Wikidata

  1. Cover Up

    Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984 to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen A. Larson, the series stars Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum, Antony Hamilton, and Richard Anderson.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cover up in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cover up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cover up in a Sentence

  1. Kimberly Richey:

    Through this proposal, the Biden administration is actively helping schools cover up these incidents, which we were intentionally shining a light on.

  2. Steven McCraw:

    First of all, there's no cover-up. And the bottom line is as soon as we can, we'll release everything.

  3. Chuck Schumer:

    Until we hear from the witnesses, until we get the documents, the American people will correctly assume that those blocking their testimony were aiding and abetting a cover up, plain and simple, president President Donald Trump, release the emails, let the witnesses testify, what are you afraid of ?

  4. Rick Kuhnla Jr.:

    It’s obviously really painful and difficult news, seeing the police officer read out that information in court was the first we’d heard of it... It just confirms the cover-up. I think there is no denying that this was a police cover-up anymore.

  5. Ryun King:

    The swastika and the SS bolts and the Confederate flag tend to be the predominant images that I see that I have to cover up.


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