cover up

See also: coverup and cover-up

English

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Verb

cover up (third-person singular simple present covers up, present participle covering up, simple past and past participle covered up)

1. (idiomatic) To conceal or disguise.

   The politician tried to cover up his involvement in the scandal.

2. (idiomatic) To clothe.
3. (idiomatic) To put covers over oneself in bed.

   Please cover up and go to sleep now.

Synonyms

• hide, conceal, forcover

Translations

to conceal or disguise

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• Azerbaijani: ört-basdır etmək
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• French: cacher (fr), dissimuler (fr), couvrir (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: vertuschen (de)
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌰𐌽 (filhan)
• Greek: κουκουλώνω (el) (koukoulóno)
• Hungarian: elleplez (hu), leplez (hu), eltussol (hu), elhallgat (hu)

• Italian: insabbiare, occultare (it)
• Latin: obtegō, operiō (la)
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• Maori: tauhuna
• Polish: tuszować impf, zatuszowywać impf, zatuszować pf
• Portuguese: encobrir (pt)
• Romanian: acoperi (ro), ascunde (ro), mușamaliza (ro)
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• Spanish: encubrir (es), cohonestar (es)
• Swedish: mörklägga (sv), täcka över (sv), skyla (sv)
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to clothe

• French: couvrir (fr)

• Maori: whakapūngenengene

See also

• cover-up

Anagrams

• overcup