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Nouns
(n)
whitewash
a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
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(n)
whitewash
wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
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(n)
whitewash
a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
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Verbs
(v)
whitewash
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gloss over
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sleek over
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hush up
cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
“Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin”
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“She tried to gloss over her mistakes”
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(v)
whitewash
cover with whitewash
“whitewash walls”
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(v)
whitewash
exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
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