paper over sth
— phrasal verb with paper uk/ˈpeɪ.pər/us/ˈpeɪ.pɚ/verb [ T ]
to hide an unpleasant situation, especially a problem or disagreement, in order to make people believe that it does not exist or is not serious:
He tried to paper over the country's deep-seated problems.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hiding and disguising
- be holed up idiom
- bury
- camo
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- concealment
- hit the deck idiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- infiltration
- obscure
- skulk
- smokescreen
- snuck
- stash
- stow
- tuck
- veil
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