sweep sth under the rug

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• sweep something under the rug — (or carpet) conceal or ignore a problem or difficulty in the hope that it will be forgotten * * * sweep (something) under the rug see ↑sweep, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑rug sweep (something) under the rug (US) (or chiefly Brit swee …   Useful english dictionary

• sweep something under the carpet — HIDE, conceal, suppress, hush up, keep quiet about, censor, gag, withhold, cover up, stifle. → sweep * * * sweep something under the carpet phrase to try to avoid dealing with a problem You can’t just sweep these issues under the carpet.… …   Useful english dictionary

• sweep — sweep1 W3S3 [swi:p] v past tense and past participle swept [swept] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(clean something)¦ 2¦(push something somewhere)¦ 3¦(push somebody/something with force)¦ 4¦(group moves)¦ 5¦(wind/waves etc)¦ 6¦(become popular)¦ 7¦(feeling)¦… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sweep — 1 /swi:p/ verb past tense and past participle swept /swept/ 1 CLEAN STH (T) to clean the dust, dirt etc from the floor or ground using a special brush: Bert swept the path in front of the house. | Sweep the floor clean for me please. 2 PUSH STH… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• carpet — 1 noun 1 (C, U) heavy woven material for covering floors or stairs, or a piece of this material: a beautiful persian carpet | fitted carpet (=one that is cut to fit the shape of a room) compare rug (1) 2 carpet of leaves/flowers etc literary a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which …   Wikipedia

• carpet — car|pet1 W3S3 [ˈka:pıt US ˈka:r ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire to pull out ] 1.) [U and C] heavy woven material for covering floors or stairs, or a piece of this material →↑carpeting,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English