draw a veil over
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He is more judicious in covering the conspiracy theories hatched by disappointed seekers during the hunt and afterward, but let’s draw a veil over how the contest ended.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2021
As he told a fellow painter, "I wait for time to draw a veil over the common details, the unessential parts."
From Time Magazine Archive
It was – well, I think I shall draw a veil over that.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Now let us draw a veil over the whole affair, taking a warning by it, that, should a difference arise between friends, they should not have recourse to a mediator, but explain face to face.
From Life of Beethoven by Anton Schindler
Nevertheless we feel constrained, fain as we would draw a veil over the scene, to continue our description for the furtherance of temperance and morality.
From Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter by Colin Munro
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