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under the rug

under the rug prepositional phrase: synonym of under the carpet.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of under the carpet.
    • Before you burn a disc — or, for that matter, every couple of days — running your computer's disk diagnostics program takes care of anything hiding under the rug.2004, Mark L. Chambers, CD and DVD Recording for Dummies, page 102
    • Our enemy has turned death into something to be feared and, by extension, swept under the rug. But when you sweep death under the rug, you will likely sweep the afterlife under the rug with it.2005, Ted Dekker, The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth, page 84

Synonyms of under the rug

Questions about under the rug

What does under the rug mean?
Under the rug means synonym of under the carpet.
What part of speech is under the rug?
Under the rug is a prepositional phrase.

Words near under the rug in the dictionary

  1. under the microscope
  2. under the plough
  3. under the pump
  4. under the radar
  5. under the rose
  6. under the rug
  7. under the rule
  8. under the saya
  9. under the sayas
  10. under the sheets
  11. under the spotlight

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