whitewash
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- Someone whitewashes something when they try to hide anything that is wrong with it and try to make it look good.
- He tried to whitewash the thing that happened last year so that he could be elected President.
- Someone whitewashes something when they paint it with a white paint.
- She whitewashed the wall.
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- The action of whitewashing something.
- They didn't tell you the whole story. That was just a whitewash.
- White paint.
- He covered the fence with whitewash.