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cover up

释义

cover up

phrasal verb

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	cover up
he/she/it	covers up
present participle	covering up
past tense	covered up
past participle	covered up

1
transitive same as cover
2
intransitive/transitive to put more clothes or covers on your body, to hide it or keep it warm
It’s freezing outside, so cover up.
When dad saw my short skirt he told me to cover myself up.
Synonyms and related words
To put on or be wearing clothes and to dress other people
put on
wear
get dressed
3
intransitive/transitive to hide the truth about something by not telling what you know or by preventing other people from telling what they know
It was a real scandal, but the school tried to cover the whole thing up.
cover up for:
He got his powerful friends to cover up for him.
Synonyms and related words
To pretend something is not happening or is not the case
kick something into the long grass
sweep aside
gloss over

cover up

phrasal verb

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	cover up
he/she/it	covers up
present participle	covering up
past tense	covered up
past participle	covered up

1
transitive same as cover
2
intransitive/transitive to put more clothes or covers on your body, to hide it or keep it warm
It’s freezing outside, so cover up.
When dad saw my short skirt he told me to cover myself up.
Synonyms and related words
To put on or be wearing clothes and to dress other people
put on
wear
get dressed
3
intransitive/transitive to hide the truth about something by not telling what you know or by preventing other people from telling what they know
It was a real scandal, but the school tried to cover the whole thing up.
cover up for:
He got his powerful friends to cover up for him.
Synonyms and related words
To pretend something is not happening or is not the case
sweep aside
gloss over
wink at

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