词组 | cover tracks |
释义 | Idiom cover trackscover (your) tracks to hide or destroy anything that shows where you have been or what you have been doing.Roberts covered his tracks by throwing the knife in the river and burying his wife's body miles from his home. 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. 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. cover (one's) tracks To conceal traces so as to elude pursuers. |
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