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sweep under the rug



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Idioms and Phrases

Hide something, as in Their attempts to sweep the scandal under the rug were not very successful . This idiom alludes to sweeping dust under the rug, so it won't be seen. [Mid-1900s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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