also smoke screen
(~s)
If something that you do or say is a ~, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions.
He was accused of putting up a ~ to hide poor standards in schools.
N-COUNT
also smoke screen
(~s)
If something that you do or say is a ~, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions.
He was accused of putting up a ~ to hide poor standards in schools.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012