Cover and Lead to

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Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.

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Lead to is an antonym for cover.

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

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Cover is an antonym for lead to in bring about topic.

In a similar vein, trying to cover something up can often lead to it being found out, as the amount of effort involved in a coverup is almost always more than the amount of the actual crime.

Source: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Shinra afterwords made an effort to cover up the whole incident, which lead to Cloud's friend Zack being killed and Cloud left on his own.

Source: Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu
Then again, it does lead to a tearjerker moment as Michael Caine euthanizes his vegetative wife when he knows that he will be performing a Heroic Sacrifice to cover the escape of the protagonists.

Source: We Will Have Euthanasia in the Future

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