as in covering (up)
to keep from being publicly known
the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers
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“Hushing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hushing%20%28up%29. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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