Cover their tracks In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "cover their tracks", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2021-05-09 05:05

Meaning of Cover their tracks (redirected from cover (one's) tracks (up) )

Cover (one's) tracks (up) phrase

To conceal or destroy evidence of where you have been or what you have done

The rain will help us cover our tracks, so no one knows where we are going.

What a professional criminal! All of his tracks were covered up.

Grammar and Usage of Cover (one's) tracks (up)

Verb Forms

  • covers one's tracks (up)
  • covered one's tracks up
  • covering one's tracks up

The verb "cover" must be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Cover (one's) tracks (up)

The origin of this phrase is not clear.

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