sweep (something) under the carpet

idiom

chiefly British

: to hide (something that is illegal, embarrassing, or wrong)

He tried to sweep his past mistakes under the carpet.

Examples of sweep (something) under the carpet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web So this is not something to sweep under the carpet. —

Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2 Aug. 2022

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