whitewash

[US]/'waɪtwɒʃ/
[UK]/'waɪtwɑʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. limevand eller hvid maling brugt til at hvidmure; et komplet eller overvældende nederlag
vt. at få noget til at virke bedre end det egentlig er; at dække over
Word Forms
Pluralwhitewashes
Present Participlewhitewashing
Past Tensewhitewashed
Past Participlewhitewashed
Third Person Singularwhitewashes

Phrases & Collocations

whitewashing

hvidvaskning

Example Sentences

this is not to whitewash the actual political practice of the government.

det er ikke for at hvidvaske regeringens faktiske politiske praksis.

They tried hard to whitewash themselves.

De prøvede hårdt at hvidvaske sig selv.

the moonlit visage of the port's whitewashed buildings.

havnens hvide bygninger badet i måneskin.

a blatant attempt to whitewash his country's misdeeds.Flagrant,

et åbenlyst forsøg på at hvidvaske hans lands forseelser.Flagrant,

What he said was just to whitewash his actions.

Det han sagde var blot for at hvidvaske sine handlinger.

the oak beams that divided up the whitewashed walls.

de egetræsbjælker, der delte de hvidkalkede vægge.

whitewashed chicken coops which posed as villas.

Hvidkalkede kyllingehuse, der udgav sig for at være villaer.

his wife must have wanted to whitewash his reputation.

Hans kone må have ønsket at hvidvaske hans ry.

whitewashed official complicity in political extortion. See also Synonyms at relieve

Hvidvaskning af officiel medvirken til politisk afpresning. Se også Synonymer ved relieve

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