sweep something under the carpet
English
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
- 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
- I've been struggling with what I am now for 6 years—and it's time to stop sweeping the issue under the carpet
- 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
References
- “sweep something under the carpet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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