to sweep something under the rug
01
to pretend that something is not happening or is not the case
Dialect
American
American
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Idiom
Informal
例
Instead of addressing the financial problems, the company decided to sweep them under the rug and hope they would go away.
The government's attempt to sweep the corruption scandal under the rug only fueled public outrage.
