Search Result for "sweep under the rug":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. to conceal something in the hopes it won't be discovered by others;
- Example: "The president tried to sweep the embarrassing incident under the rug"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sweep under the rug
    v 1: to conceal something in the hopes it won't be discovered by
         others; "The president tried to sweep the embarrassing
         incident under the rug"