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Sweep under the rug Uncommon

Verb

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Verb
1

to conceal something in the hopes it won't be discovered by others

"The president tried to sweep the embarrassing incident under the rug"

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rug trug krug frug drug sprug unrug okrug shrug codrug bedrug z drug rag rug fur rug cut rug prodrug nondrug predrug area rug postdrug
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