Examples of 'be swept under the rug' in a sentence
Meaning of "be swept under the rug"
be swept under the rug: This phrase means to ignore or conceal a problem or issue without addressing it directly. It suggests avoiding dealing with an unpleasant situation by hiding it or pretending it doesn't exist
How to use "be swept under the rug" in a sentence
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be swept under the rug
It can not be swept under the rug.
We can not allow this disturbing incident to be swept under the rug.
Can be swept under the rug like that.
This is not gonna be swept under the rug.
The staggering criminality of the previous administration can not be swept under the rug.
He allowed it to be swept under the rug.
Back then, cases of rogue or unrestrained police behavior could be swept under the rug.
But we can not be swept under the rug this time.
But I think some things just should not be swept under the rug.
We can not let this be swept under the rug or reduced to statistics.
These issues are too important to be swept under the rug.
It won't be swept under the rug if someone speaks out.
The worst of it can be swept under the rug.
It 's hard to believe that a group of underdogs can be swept under the rug.
But will this also be swept under the rug as illegitimate dissent?
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You know I will not allow this to be swept under the rug.
No longer can this be swept under the rug.
The way I was raised, by Mom, I learned the truth can not be swept under the rug.
This is not something to be swept under the rug and forgotten.
The collapse of building 7 can not be swept under the rug.
Those do not need to be swept under the rug.
One of my biggest fears was that, Jay 's case could be swept under the rug.
I get the feeling it would be swept under the rug if I did.
So … if I never came home, the worst of it can be swept under the rug.
Your son was about to be swept under the rug.
I don't believe that disagreements should be swept under the rug.
I do not think it will be swept under the rug.
I am not kidding . This is not gonna be swept under the rug.
This whole thing would be swept under the rug.
Raw sewage can not simply be swept under the rug.
I learned the truth can not be swept under the rug.
I do not believe this is something to be swept under the rug and forgotten.
I feel that they shouldn't be swept under the rug.
For some reason … I get the feeling it would be swept under the rug if I did.
Oh, you know, nothing that can not be swept under the rug.
