0 a white liquid that is a mixture of lime or powdered chalk and water, used for making walls or ceilings white
1 an attempt to stop people finding out the true facts about a situation:
2 a complete defeat in a game or competition:
a 6–0 whitewash
3 to make something bad seem acceptable by hiding the truth:
The department is trying to whitewash their incompetence.
4 to defeat a player or team completely, especially while preventing them from scoring any points
5 to paint walls or buildings using whitewash
6 paint made from water and white powder which is used esp. on walls and ceilings
If there is anything in these allegations, the public should know, and if there is not, there should be no fear of somebody being whitewashed.
I spent most my time doing that, and occasionally whitewashing the streets with good slogans.
Coal may sometimes be whitewashed to mark the edge of a coal dump for safety hi the dark or as a check against pilfering.
We also know that there had been a police inquiry into that conduct and that he had been whitewashed by his police superiors.
In one case, the local ombudsman was the final resort for the children in question, after previous inquiries had whitewashed complaints.
By putting in the word "all," every blunder is to be whitewashed.
They whitewashed the walls in the ordinary artisan house, the two-apartment house.
I have seen many parts of the building whitewashed when they ought to have had a coat of plaster.
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