whitewash
/ˈwaɪtˌwɑʃ/
verb
- To cover with whitewash paint.
- Every spring, the villagers whitewash their houses.
- He spent the afternoon whitewashing the garden shed.
- They whitewashed the fence to make it look new.
- To hide or cover up unpleasant facts or mistakes.
- Politicians often whitewash their failures during campaigns.
- The report tried to whitewash the company's environmental violations.
- She refused to whitewash the truth about the accident.
- To defeat an opponent without them scoring any points.
- They were whitewashed in the first round of the tournament.
- The champions whitewashed the challengers in three straight games.
- Our team whitewashed the visitors 5-0 in the final.
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noun
- A white paint or coating made from lime and water, used on walls and fences.
- Whitewash gives a clean, bright look to garden walls.
- The farmer applied whitewash to the barn to protect the wood.
- They mixed the whitewash in a large bucket before painting.
- An attempt to hide or cover up unpleasant facts or mistakes.
- Critics called the investigation a whitewash designed to protect officials.
- The government was accused of a whitewash of the scandal.
- The company's report was a whitewash that ignored safety problems.
- A sports victory in which the opponent scores no points.
- It was a complete whitewash; the other side never scored.
- The team won the series in a 4-0 whitewash.
- The final match ended in a whitewash for the home team.
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