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put a blanket over

put a blanket over verb: make (something) seem less serious.

Verb

put a blanket over (third-person singular simple present puts a blanket over, present participle putting a blanket over, simple past and past participle put a blanket over)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) Make (something) seem less serious.
    • It is like bro you might as well just say what you're trying to say because what you're saying is still offensive. You're just trying to put, like, some blanket over.2025 January 29, LuvHilal, Gen-Z Hates Minorities

Forms of put a blanket over

third-person singular presentputs a blanket over
present participleputting a blanket over
past participleput a blanket over
pastput a blanket over

Questions about put a blanket over

What does put a blanket over mean?
Put a blanket over means make (something) seem less serious.
What part of speech is put a blanket over?
Put a blanket over is a verb.
What is the past tense of put a blanket over?
The past tense of put a blanket over is put a blanket over.

Words near put a blanket over in the dictionary

  1. pusztas
  2. Pusztaszabolcs
  3. put
  4. put 'em up
  5. put a band-aid on a bullet wound
  6. put a blanket over
  7. put a block on
  8. put a brave face on
  9. put a bug in someone's ear
  10. put a civil tongue in one's head
  11. put a civil tongue in one's mouth

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