whitewash, v.
(whitewashed, whitewashes, whitewashing)
(whitewashed, whitewashes, whitewashing)
exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
<verb.communication>
whitewash
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cover with whitewash
<verb.contact>
whitewash
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"whitewash walls"verb frames
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derivationally related form
cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
<verb.perception>
gloss over hush up sleek over whitewash
sample sentences
"Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin""She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
verb frames
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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