sweep under the rug

Speech parts

1. sweep under the rug - Verb

2. sweep under the rug - Phrase

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hide

Hypernyms

hide conceal

Examples

The president tried to sweep the embarrassing incident under the rug Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

sweep under the rug

Close letter words and terms

sweep together sweep under rug sweep under the carpet sweep up sweep upward sweep-chimney