- brush under the carpet
- If you brush something under the carpet, you are making an attempt to ignore it, or hide it from others.(Dorking School Dictionary)
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brush under the carpet
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brush under the carpet — If you brush something under the carpet, you are making an attempt to ignore it, or hide it from others … The small dictionary of idiomes
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