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a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls" cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let''s not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes" |
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