cover one's tracks (English, verb)
expansion: cover one's tracks (third-person singular simple present covers one's tracks, present participle covering one's tracks, simple past and past participle covered one's tracks)
Senses:
glosses: To conceal how one has arrived at a certain result or position.
tags: figuratively
glosses: To conceal, hide or destroy evidence of one's actions or identity.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: covers one's tracks
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: covering one's tracks
tags: participle
present
form: covered one's tracks
tags: participle
past
form: covered one's tracks
tags: past