Covering up
Protect
Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Covering up and protect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Covering up" instead a verb "Protect".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- keep and covering up
- keep and protect
- look after and covering up
- look after and protect
- care for and covering up
- care for and protect
- support and covering up
- support and protect
- shelter and covering up
- shelter and protect
- secure and covering up
- secure and protect
- cover and covering up
- cover and protect
Both terms in one sentence
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Justified for succubi, who trade in temptation, and with the drow - a spellcaster covering up is like saying she doesn't trust her own abilities to protect her, and is admitting to weakness.
Source: Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains -
The Japanese do have a reputation for covering up things like this to protect their image to the point of absurdity, if you know your World War II history.
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While they take the "to serve and protect" part of their jobs seriously, they are primarily concerned with covering up evidence of Fae activities.
Source: Series / Lost Girl
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