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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

draw a veil over en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To avoid discussing or calling attention to (something embarrassing or unpleasant).
    • A steady 69 m.p.h. was maintained along the sea wall before Birchington, but beyond there it is best to draw a veil over the difficult starts from stops at all stations to Ramsgate, the priming and increasing loss of time. 1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 220:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
drew a veil over Tense=Past lexicographic
drawn a veil over Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
draws a veil over Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
drawing a veil over Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

sweep something under the rug

Translations (5)

pl spuścić zasłonę (to avoid discussing or calling attention to) · pl spuszczać zasłonę (to avoid discussing or calling attention to) · es correr un tupido velo (to avoid discussing or calling attention to) · hu fátylat borít (to avoid discussing or calling attention to) · hu fátylat vet (to avoid discussing or calling attention to)