Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - whitewash
Whitewash
whitewash
n. & v. --n. 1 a solution of quicklime or of whiting and size for whitening walls etc. 2 a means employed to conceal mistakes or faults in order to clear a person or institution of imputations. --v.tr. 1 cover with whitewash. 2 attempt by concealment to clear the reputation of. 3 (in passive) (of an insolvent) get a fresh start by passage through a bankruptcy court. 4 US defeat (an opponent) without allowing any opposing score. Derivatives whitewasher n.
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I. transitive verb Date: 1591 to whiten with ~, 2. to gloss over or cover up (as vices or crimes) , to exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data, to hold (an opponent) scoreless in a game or contest, ~er noun II. noun Date: 1678 a liquid composition for whitening a surface: as, a preparation for whitening the skin, a composition (as of lime and water or whiting, size, and water) for whitening structural surfaces, an act or instance of glossing over or of exonerating, a defeat in a contest in which the loser fails to score ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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