
Grass over
Secrecy Nuance
Indicates keeping a secret, usually about a wrongdoing that should be confidential.
He chose to grass over the incident at work, maintaining team harmony.
Common Collocations
Often used with 'decide', 'try' or direct object 'something' to indicate the action of concealing.
They tried to grass over the scandal but it eventually came out.
Metaphoric Sense
Metaphorically refers to covering something, much like grass growing over bare ground.
She decided to grass over her mistakes instead of addressing them.
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