Idiom
put a blanket over
Meaning
Make (something) seem less serious.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He tried to put a blanket over the bad news.”
“The manager attempted to put a blanket over the company's financial losses during the meeting.”
“Rather than addressing the systemic failures directly, the administration sought to put a blanket over the scandal to maintain public confidence.”
Examples
simple
“He tried to put a blanket over the bad news.”
contextual
“The manager attempted to put a blanket over the company's financial losses during the meeting.”
complex
“Rather than addressing the systemic failures directly, the administration sought to put a blanket over the scandal to maintain public confidence.”
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