Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Covering up and avoid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Covering up" instead a verb "Avoid".
Covering up
Avoid and covering up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avoid" instead a verb "Covering up".
Both terms in one sentence
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The doctor is even covering up its inoperable nature to avoid repercussions, instead claiming he operated successfully on the wound.
Source: Florence Nightingale Effect
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Covering up and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/covering_up
Avoid & Covering up. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/covering_up>.
Covering up or Avoid. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/covering_up.
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