to try to stop people from finding out about sth wrong, illegal, embarrassing, etc. that has happened or that you have done
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to try to stop people from finding out about sth wrong, illegal, embarrassing, etc. that has happened or that you have done
The lawyer takes a third and the Church sweeps it under the rug.
Definiciones del Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 9.ª edición