sweep something under the carpet
sweep something under the carpet verb: synonym of sweep something under the rug.
Verb
sweep something under the carpet (third-person singular simple present sweeps something under the carpet, present participle sweeping something under the carpet, simple past and past participle swept something under the carpet)
- Synonym of sweep something under the rug.
- I've been struggling with what I am now for 6 years—and it's time to stop sweeping the issue under the carpet1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
- Synonyms:
- sweep something under the rug
sweep something under the carpet meaning in Malayalam
sweep something under the carpet in Malayalam
- conceal, hide, suppress
- പരവതാനിക്കടിയിലേക്കു തള്ളുക, അസുഖകരങ്ങളായ വസ്തുതകൾ മറച്ചുവയ്ക്കുക, മറയത്താക്കുക, മറച്ചുവയ്ക്കുക, മൂടിവയ്ക്കുക, വെളിപ്പെടുത്താതിരിക്കുക
Synonyms of sweep something under the carpet
Forms of sweep something under the carpet
| third-person singular present | sweeps something under the carpet |
|---|---|
| present participle | sweeping something under the carpet |
| past participle | swept something under the carpet |
| past | swept something under the carpet |
Questions about sweep something under the carpet
- What does sweep something under the carpet mean?
- Sweep something under the carpet means synonym of sweep something under the rug.
- What is sweep something under the carpet in Malayalam?
- Sweep something under the carpet in Malayalam is പരവതാനിക്കടിയിലേക്കു തള്ളുക, അസുഖകരങ്ങളായ വസ്തുതകൾ മറച്ചുവയ്ക്കുക, മറയത്താക്കുക. See Sweep something under the carpet meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is sweep something under the carpet?
- Sweep something under the carpet is a verb.
- What is the past tense of sweep something under the carpet?
- The past tense of sweep something under the carpet is swept something under the carpet.
Words near sweep something under the carpet in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sweep something under the carpet (page history and authors); sweep something under the carpet (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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