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whitewash [ˈwaɪtwɒ∫]1. nounb. the article in the paper was nothing but a whitewash cet article ne visait qu'à blanchir le coupable (or les coupables)a. [+ wall] blanchir à la chaux* * *['waɪtwɒʃ], US ['hwaɪt-] 1.1) ( for walls) lait m de chaux3) (colloq) Sport déculottée (colloq) f2.transitive verb1) lit blanchir [quelque chose] à la chaux2) (also whitewash over) fig blanchir3) (colloq) Sport flanquer une déculottée à (colloq)4) Finance réhabiliter
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