drawing a veil over

Verb

draw a veil over (third-person singular simple present draws a veil over, present participle drawing a veil over, simple past drew a veil over, past participle drawn a veil over)

1. (transitive) To avoid discussing or calling attention to (something embarrassing or unpleasant).
   • A steady 69 m.p.h. was maintained along the sea wall before Birchington, but beyond there it is best to draw a veil over the difficult starts from stops at all stations to Ramsgate, the priming and increasing loss of time.1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 220