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Definition of cover up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cover up

phrasal verb

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cover up | cover yourself up

to put on clothes or more clothes

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cover something up

to cover something completely so that it cannot be seen
- I hastily covered up the mess with a sheet.
(disapproving) to try to stop people from knowing the truth about a mistake, a crime, etc. related noun cover-up

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