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idiomsweep sth under the carpet(also sweep sth under the rug AmE)(or brush sth under the carpet BrE)to ignore a problem in your organization or group, especially something wrong that someone has done, and try to stop people from finding out about it:Racial discrimination should always be exposed, not swept under the carpet.The university has been sweeping the high failure rate of their English Language students under the rug.
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