SWEEP STH UNDER THE CARPET

Meaning of SWEEP STH UNDER THE CARPET in English

( US also sweep sth under the ˈrug )

to try to stop people from finding out about sth wrong, illegal, embarrassing, etc. that has happened or that you have done

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SWEEP STH UNDER THE CARPET — See ↑ HIDE 8
Longman Activator English vocab
CARPET — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Aubusson carpet Axminster carpet rug and carpet
Английский словарь Британика
UNDER — I. |əndə(r) adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English; akin to Old High German untar, adverb & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWEEP — I. ˈswēp verb ( swept ˈswept ; swept ; sweeping ; sweeps ) Etymology: Middle English swepen; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARPET — I. ˈkärpə̇t, ˈkȧp-, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English carpete, from Middle French carpite, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNDER — (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, …
Английский словарь Webster
UNDER — ( prep. ) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UNDER — /un"deuhr/ , prep. 1. beneath and covered by: under a table; under a tree. 2. below the surface of: under …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWEEP — sweep 1 — sweepable , adj. /sweep/ , v. , swept, sweeping , n. v.t. 1. to move or remove …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CARPET — — carpetless , adj. — carpetlike , adj. /kahr"pit/ , n. 1. a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UNDER — I. ˈən-dər adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English; akin to Old High German untar under, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWEEP — I. ˈswēp verb ( swept ˈswept ; sweep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English swepen; akin to Old English swāpan to sweep, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CARPET — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire to pluck, modification of Latin carpere …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UNDER — prep less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under …
Webster English vocab
SWEEP — noun the almond furnace. 2. sweep ·vi to strike with a long stroke. 3. sweep ·noun the act of sweeping. …
Webster English vocab
CARPET — noun a smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. 2. carpet ·vt to cover with, or as with, a …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SWEEP — [sweep] vb swept ; sweep.ing [ME swepen; akin to OE swapan to sweep, OHG sweifen to wander] vt (14c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CARPET — [car.pet] n [ME, fr. MF carpite, fr. OIt carpita, fr. carpire to pluck, modif. of L carpere to pluck--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CARPET — carp|et BrE AmE ˈkɑːp |ɪt § -ət AmE ˈkɑːrp |ət ▷ carp|eted ɪt ɪd § ət-, -əd AmE ət̬ əd …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UNDER — / ˈʌndə(r); NAmE / preposition , adverb , adjective ■ preposition 1. in, to or through a position that is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWEEP — / swiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( swept , swept / swept; NAmE /) WITH BRUSH OR …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CARPET — / ˈkɑːpɪt; NAmE ˈkɑːrpɪt/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a thick woven material made of wool, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UNDER
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWEEP — I. sweep 1 W3 /swiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle swept /swept/) [ Date: 1200-1300 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CARPET — I. car ‧ pet 1 S2 W3 /ˈkɑːpət, ˈkɑːpɪt $ ˈkɑːr-/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UNDER — prep., adv., & adj. --prep. 1 a in or to a position lower than; below; beneath (fell under the table; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWEEP — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. swept) 1 tr. clean or clear (a room or area etc.) with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CARPET — n. & v. --n. 1 a thick fabric for covering a floor or stairs. b a piece of this fabric. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UNDER — prep., adv., & adj. prep. 1 a in or to a position lower than; below; beneath (fell under the table; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWEEP — v. & n. v. (past and past part. swept) 1 tr. clean or clear (a room or area etc.) with …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CARPET — n. & v. n. 1 a thick fabric for covering a floor or stairs. b a piece of this fabric. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UNDER — prep., adv., & adj. --prep. 1. a in or to a position lower than; below; beneath (fell under the table; …
Oxford English vocab
SWEEP — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. swept) 1. tr. clean or clear (a room or area etc.) with …
Oxford English vocab
CARPET — n. & v. --n. 1. a thick fabric for covering a floor or stairs. b a piece of this fabric. …
Oxford English vocab
UNDER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWEEP — ( sweeps, sweeping, swept) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CARPET — ( carpets, carpeting, carpeted) 1. A carpet is a thick covering of soft material which is laid over a floor …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UNDER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UNDER
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWEEP — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a current sweeps sb/sth (= carries them very powerfully, so that they cannot stop …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CARPET — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a blanket/carpet of snow ▪ Within an hour, Bucharest was buried under a blanket …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWEEP — (CLEAN) [verb] [T] [past:] swept - to clean (esp. a floor) by using a brush to collect the dirt into …
Cambridge English vocab
CARPET — n. Aubusson carpet Axminster carpet rug and carpet
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SWEEP — Synonyms and related words : Derby, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, S-curve, aberrancy, aberration, advance, airscape, ambit, arc, arch, ball the …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNDER — See: CUT THE GROUND FROM UNDER, GO UNDER, OUT FROM UNDER, SNOW UNDER.
Slang English vocab
UNDER — prep. buckle under go under knuckle under under the table
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CARPET — noun 1 material for covering floors ADJECTIVE ▪ deep-pile ( esp. BrE ), lush ( esp. AmE ), plush ( …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UNDER — See ↑ LESS 2, ↑ POSITION/RANK 6, ↑ TYPE 4, ↑ UNDER/BELOW 1,3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ go under • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
UNDER — prep. 25B6; preposition they hid under a bush : BENEATH, below, underneath. the rent is under £250 : LESS THAN, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWEEP — n. 25B6; verb she swept the floor : BRUSH, clean, scrub, wipe, mop, dust, scour; informal do. I swept the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNDER — prep. 1 beneath, below, underneath, covered by What is under that blanket? The wreck lies a mile under the surface …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CARPET — See: CALL ON THE CARPET, MAGIC CARPET, ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET.
Словарь английских идиом
UNDER — 1. предл. 1) а) указывает на расположение одного предмета ниже другого под, ниже under the roof ≈ под крышей б) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWEEP — 1. сущ. 1) выметание; подметание; чистка 2) трубочист Oh, what can I do with him, he is a regular little …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CARPET — 1. сущ. 1) ковер carpet of flowers ≈ ковер цветов to beat a carpet ≈ выбивать ковер, выколачивать ковер to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UNDER — under.ogg 1. ʹʌndə n 1> что-л. не отвечающее стандарту, не соответствующее установленному размеру и т. п. 2> радио- или телепрограмма, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SWEEP — sweep.ogg 1. swi:p n 1. выметание, подметание to give a room a good sweep - как следует /хорошенько/ подмести комнату …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CARPET — carpet.ogg 1. ʹkɑ:pıt n 1. ковёр runner carpet - ковровая дорожка magic carpet - ковёр-самолёт 2. спец. покрытие, одежда ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SWEEP — 1) колебание; качание || колебаться; качаться 2) развёртка || развертывать 3) блок развёртки 4) подвигание ( очистного забоя ) 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

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