"brush something under the carpet" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: brushes something under the carpet [present, singular, third-person], brushing something under the carpet [participle, present], brushed something under the carpet [participle, past], brushed something under the carpet [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} brush something under the carpet (third-person singular simple present brushes something under the carpet, present participle brushing something under the carpet, simple past and past participle brushed something under the carpet)
  1. Synonym of sweep something under the rug. Synonyms: sweep something under the rug [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-brush_something_under_the_carpet-en-verb-DsL~yIJd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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