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papers over

papers over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of paper over.

Meaning of paper over

Verb

paper over (third-person singular simple present papers over, present participle papering over, simple past and past participle papered over)

  1. (figuratively, transitive) To superficially hide or disguise (a problem or a defect) without addressing it; to provide a veneer of normality or success.
    • Runaway lending continues, bad debts mount even higher, and the need for more cash to paper over losses becomes that much more acute.2014, Patric Chovanec, at Bloomberg, China's Runaway Train is Running Out of Track

Questions about papers over

What is papers over the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Papers over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of paper over.

Words near papers over in the dictionary

  1. paperpersons
  2. paperphile
  3. paperphiles
  4. paperphilia
  5. papers
  6. papers over
  7. papers the house
  8. papersful
  9. papershell
  10. papershells
  11. papershredder

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Adapted from Wiktionary: papers over (page history and authors); paper over (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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