to cover up / to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack
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to conceal / to hide behind / to cover up
to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over
bunker (military)
to bury
hidden / covered / concealed
to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes
shelter / screen / cover / protection
to cover / to mask / to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
(military) to provide cover for (friendly forces) / (fig.) to cover up for sb
to be secretive / to try to cover up (idiom)
hidden from view / alternately hidden and visible / setting off each other
illusion
to make a surprise attack / to pounce on (an enemy)
(computing) mask
to refuse to listen
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
undisguised
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
backward masking
to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)
lit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster / the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)
to partially obscure / (of a door, gate or window) slightly open / ajar / not fully shut / unlocked / (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned
(literary) to close the book (after a reading session)
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