cover (one's) tracks (up)

1. Literally, to conceal one's footprints, typically to avoid being followed. Those hounds can track us across rivers, so covering our tracks won't do any good.

2. To conceal the evidence of one's (usually nefarious) actions. We need to cover our tracks before someone traces the bank robbery back to us. I destroyed those incriminating documents to cover my tracks up.

See also: cover, track

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cover someone's tracks (up)

to conceal one's trail; to conceal one's past activities. She was able to cover her tracks up so that they couldn't pin the charges on her. It's easy to cover up your tracks when the investigators botch their job. The robber failed to cover his tracks.

See also: cover, track

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

cover one's tracks

Conceal one's whereabouts, activities, intentions, or the evidence of one's involvement. For example, No one knows much about where he's been-he's very good at covering his tracks. This term transfers hiding one's footprints to more general activities. [1870s] Also see cover up, def. 2.

See also: cover, track

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

cover your tracks

COMMON If someone covers their tracks, they hide or destroy evidence of what they have done or where they have been. He was a very clever man who never took a chance, a man who totally covered his tracks. The killer may have returned to the scene of the crime to cover his tracks. Note: Tracks here are footprints.

See also: cover, track

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

cover your tracks

conceal evidence of what you have done.

See also: cover, track

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

cover your ˈtracks

be careful not to leave any signs of something secret or illegal that you have been doing: He didn’t want his wife to know he’d met an old girlfriend so he invented a story to cover his tracks.

See also: cover, track

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

cover (one's) tracks

To conceal traces so as to elude pursuers.

See also: cover, track

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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cover one's tracks
cover tracks
cover your tracks
track up
make tracks
make tracks, to
smokescreen
a smokescreen
wrong scent, to be on the
literally

词组	cover (one's) tracks (up)
释义	cover (one's) tracks (up) cover (one's) tracks (up) 1. Literally, to conceal one's footprints, typically to avoid being followed. Those hounds can track us across rivers, so covering our tracks won't do any good. 2. To conceal the evidence of one's (usually nefarious) actions. We need to cover our tracks before someone traces the bank robbery back to us. I destroyed those incriminating documents to cover my tracks up. See also: cover, track Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cover someone's tracks (up) to conceal one's trail; to conceal one's past activities. She was able to cover her tracks up so that they couldn't pin the charges on her. It's easy to cover up your tracks when the investigators botch their job. The robber failed to cover his tracks. See also: cover, track McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. cover one's tracks Conceal one's whereabouts, activities, intentions, or the evidence of one's involvement. For example, No one knows much about where he's been-he's very good at covering his tracks. This term transfers hiding one's footprints to more general activities. [1870s] Also see cover up, def. 2. See also: cover, track The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. cover your tracks COMMON If someone covers their tracks, they hide or destroy evidence of what they have done or where they have been. He was a very clever man who never took a chance, a man who totally covered his tracks. The killer may have returned to the scene of the crime to cover his tracks. Note: Tracks here are footprints. See also: cover, track Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. cover your tracks conceal evidence of what you have done. See also: cover, track Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary cover your ˈtracks be careful not to leave any signs of something secret or illegal that you have been doing: He didn’t want his wife to know he’d met an old girlfriend so he invented a story to cover his tracks. See also: cover, track Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary cover (one's) tracks To conceal traces so as to elude pursuers. See also: cover, track American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: cover one's tracks cover tracks cover your tracks track up make tracks make tracks, to smokescreen a smokescreen wrong scent, to be on the literally
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