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Значение идиомы cover-up
[cover-up] {n.}, {slang} A plan or excuse to escape blame or punishment; lie, alibi.
When the men robbed the bank, their cover-up was to dress like policemen.
Joe’s cover-up to his mother after he had been fighting was that he fell down.
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