Cover and Leak

Cover

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

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Leak and cover are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Leak" instead a verb "Cover".

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Leak verb - Enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure.

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Cover and leak are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead a verb "Leak".

Nearby Words: leakage, leaked, leaking, leaky, leaker

fake	fake cover	fake leak
simple	simple cover	simple leak
actual	actual cover	actual leak
real	real cover	real leak
Other adjectives: slow, bad, white, new, said, recent.

fact	cover fact	leak fact
story	cover story	leak story

Please note that this trope applies to using gas leaks to cover up for other things, not covering up for gas leaks (unless an actual gas leak is being covered up by a story about another gas leak).

Source: Gas Leak Cover-Up
Noah uses a carbon monoxide leak as a cover-up for Jeremy Greer who accidentally killed his parents with his power.

Source: Gas Leak Cover-Up
In Fables, the first time Briar Rose falls asleep in the series, the Fables cover it up as a gas leak.

Source: Gas Leak Cover-Up

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