| VERB | perception | hush up, whitewash, gloss over, sleek over | cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error |
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| change | hush up, hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up | cause to be quiet or not talk / talk |
| Meaning | cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | whitewash, gloss over, sleek over | |
| Broader | cover, cover up | hide from view or knowledge |
| See also | hush | cause to be quiet or not talk / talk |
| Spanish | acallar, blanquear, cubrir, disimular, encalar, encubrir, tapar | |
| Catalan | arrear, emblanquinar, emblanquir, encalcinar, guarnir | |
| Meaning | Cause to be quiet or not talk / talk. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up | |
| Cause to | hush | Become quiet or still |
| Narrower | gag, muzzle | prevent from speaking out |
| lull, calm down | Become quiet or less intensive | |
| shout down | silence or overwhelm by shouting | |
| shush | silence (someone) by uttering 'shush!' | |
| Broader | suppress, stamp down, subdue, conquer | To put down by force or authority |
| Opposite | louden | Cause to become loud |
| Similar to | quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down | Become quiet or quieter |
| Spanish | acallar, callar, calmar, silenciar | |
| Catalan | apaivagar, aquietar, assossegar, callar, calmar, emmudir, silenciar | |
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