whitewash
verb/ˈwaɪtwɒʃ/
/ˈwaɪtwɑːʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they whitewash | /ˈwaɪtwɒʃ/ /ˈwaɪtwɑːʃ/ |
| he / she / it whitewashes | /ˈwaɪtwɒʃɪz/ /ˈwaɪtwɑːʃɪz/ |
| past simple whitewashed | /ˈwaɪtwɒʃt/ /ˈwaɪtwɑːʃt/ |
| past participle whitewashed | /ˈwaɪtwɒʃt/ /ˈwaɪtwɑːʃt/ |
| -ing form whitewashing | /ˈwaɪtwɒʃɪŋ/ /ˈwaɪtwɑːʃɪŋ/ |
- whitewash something to cover something such as a wall with whitewash
- whitewash somebody/something (disapproving) to try to hide unpleasant facts about somebody/something; to try to make something seem better than it is
- His family tried to whitewash his reputation after he died.
- whitewash somebody (especially British English, informal) (in sport) to defeat an opponent in every game in a series
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