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covered one's tracks

covered one's tracks is the simple past and past participle of cover one's tracks.

Meaning of cover one's tracks

Verb

cover one's tracks (third-person singular simple present covers one's tracks, present participle covering one's tracks, simple past and past participle covered one's tracks)

  1. (figuratively) To conceal how one has arrived at a certain result or position.
    • C.I.E. Class "D14" 4-4-0 No. 89 covers its tracks with a magnificent smokescreen as it pulls out of Dun Laoghaire with the 9.0 a.m. boat train for Dublin. [in this case, railway tracks]1959 September, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 401, photo caption
  2. (figuratively) To conceal, hide or destroy evidence of one's actions or identity.

Questions about covered one's tracks

What is covered one's tracks the simple past and past participle of?
Covered one's tracks is the simple past and past participle of cover one's tracks.

Words near covered one's tracks in the dictionary

  1. covered goods wagons
  2. covered ground
  3. covered one's back
  4. covered one's bases
  5. covered one's feet
  6. covered one's tracks
  7. covered oneself in glory
  8. covered shorts
  9. covered someone's ass
  10. covered the buckle
  11. covered the waterfront

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