- 1whitewash something to cover something such as a wall with whitewash
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- 2whitewash somebody/something (disapproving) to try to hide unpleasant facts about someone or something; to try to make something seem better than it is His wife had wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died.
whitewash
verbNAmE//ˈwaɪtwɑʃ//, NAmE//ˈwaɪtwɔʃ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they whitewash ,
he / she / it whitewashes ,
past simple whitewashed ,
-ing form whitewashing ,
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