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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sweep something under the carpet en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Synonym of sweep something under the rug.
    • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I've been struggling with what I am now for 6 years—and it's time to stop sweeping the issue under the carpet

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sweeping something under the carpet Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sweeps something under the carpet Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
swept something under the carpet Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
swept something under the carpet Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

sweep something under the rug