cover up

Meaning

1. Oxford70% of films

   to try to stop people from knowing the truth about a mistake, a crime, etc.

   An establishment cover-up.

2. Oxford25% of films

   to cover sth completely so that it cannot be seen

In the movies · 39

• Your government sent you here to cover up their part in it.The Suicide Squad2021
• They had to cover up my escape...Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 22013
• that the space program's just one giant big cover-up.Slacker1990
• Fuck. Cover up.The Gentlemen2020
• An establishment cover-up.Downton Abbey2019
• Cover up your dork pouch.Jurassic World2015
• So there s a cover upPokémon Detective Pikachu2019
• Apollo. Moon. Aliens. Cover-up.Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011

Learn it in full scenes

• Slacker1990
  • The Dreamer Explains His Reality Theory
  • A Man Dictates The Gambler
  • The Moon Landing Was a Cover-Up
• The Gentlemen2020
  • Fletcher Pitches His Story to Ray
  • Mickey and Matthew's Dinner Standoff
  • Mickey Pitches His Weed Empire
• Downton Abbey2019
  • The King and Queen Are Coming
  • Downton Prepares for the Royal Visit
  • The Royal Butler Takes Over

From the same entry

• cover all the bases
• cover your back
• cover your tracks
• cover a multitude of sins
• cover in
• cover over
• break cover
• under cover
• under cover of
• under separate cover
• don't judge a book by its cover