cover one's tracks

Definitions

1. To conceal how one has arrived at a certain result or position.
   figuratively
2. To conceal, hide or destroy evidence of one's actions or identity.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“C.I.E. Class "D14" 4-4-0 No. 89 covers its tracks with a magnificent smokescreen as it pulls out of Dun Laoghaire with the 9.0 a.m. boat train⟳ for Dublin. [in this case, railway tracks]”

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