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  • 91cover-up — /ˈkʌvər ʌp / (say kuvuhr up) noun 1. an attempt at concealment. 2. a fabrication; an excuse. 3. a garment designed to go over the top of a swimsuit, usually made of the same material. {derived from phrasal verb cover up. See cover (def. 44) …

  • 92cover — To protect by means of insurance; sometimes orally pending issuance of policy. See also binder cover note. The right of a buyer, after breach by a seller, to purchase goods in open market in substitution for those due from the seller if such… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 93cover — To protect by means of insurance; sometimes orally pending issuance of policy. See also binder cover note. The right of a buyer, after breach by a seller, to purchase goods in open market in substitution for those due from the seller if such… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 94cover-up — n. an act of concealing something. □ The cover up drew more attention than whatever it was that was covered up. □ The candidate accused her opponent of a cover up …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 95cover — 1. The action by land, air, or sea forces to protect by offense, defense, or threat of either or both. 2. Those measures necessary to give protection to a person, plan, operation, formation, or installation from the enemy intelligence effort and… …

    Military dictionary

  • 96cover-up — noun Date: 1927 1. a. a device or stratagem for masking or concealing < his garrulousness is a cover up for insecurity > b. a usually concerted effort to keep an illegal or unethical act or situation from being made public 2. a loose outer …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 97cover-up — /kuv euhr up /, n. 1. any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure. 2. Also, coverup. any of various women s garments, as loose blouses, jump suits, caftans, or sarongs, worn over a swimsuit,&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 98cover up — verb To conceal or disguise. The politician tried to cover up his involvement in the scandal …

    Wiktionary

  • 99Cover — En música, un cover es una versión de una canción cuyo intérprete no es el autor original de la misma. Los Beatles es el grupo más versionado de todos los tiempos; desde su publicación original en 1965 se han grabado más de tres mil versiones de&#8230; …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 100cover up — phr verb Cover up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑affair, ↑imperfection, ↑inadequacy, ↑information, ↑mouthpiece, ↑nervousness, ↑scandal, ↑truth …

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