PAPER

[verb] [T]To paper a wall is to cover it with wallpaper.If you paper over a disagreement or difficulty or paper over the cracks, you hide the unpleasant facts and try to make people believe that there is no problem.He tried to paper over the country's deep-seated problems.They have papered over many of the disagreements between the two countries.They are demanding real justice and no more papering over the cracks to prevent embarrassment to important people.