to hush up an affair

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• affair — n. romantic liaison 1) to carry on, have an affair with 2) a casual; clandestine, secret; illicit; love; tempestuous affair matter event 3) to investigate an affair 4) to cover up, hush up an affair; to wash one s hands of an affair 5) a… …   Combinatory dictionary

• hush money — ➔ money * * * hush money UK US noun [U] INFORMAL ► money that is given to someone so that they will not give secret information to other people: »His secretary claims he offered her hush money to keep quiet about the affair …   Financial and business terms

• hush something up — ˌhush sthˈup derived to hide information about a situation because you do not want people to know about it • He claimed that the whole affair had been hushed up by the council. Main entry: ↑hushderived …   Useful english dictionary

• hush — hush1 [hʌʃ] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: husht silent, hushed (15 19 centuries), from husht a word used to tell people to keep quiet] 1.) hush spoken used to tell people to be quiet or to comfort a child who is crying or upset ▪ Hush, now. Try to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hush — 1 verb 1 hush! spoken used to tell people to be quiet or to comfort a child who is crying or upset: Hush, now. Try to get to sleep. 2 (T) to make someone stop shouting, talking, crying etc 3 (I) to stop shouting, talking etc hush sth up phrasal… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Hush (film) — For other meanings of this term see the Hush disambiguation page. Infobox Film name = Hush caption = Theatrical release poster director = Jonathan Darby producer = Douglas Wick Helen Whitfield writer = Jonathan Darby Jane Rusconi narrator =… …   Wikipedia

• hush up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone hushes something up, they prevent other people from knowing about it. [V n P] The scandal has been discussed by the politburo, although the authorities have tried to hush it up... [V P n (not pron)] The Ministry… …   English dictionary

• hush money — noun a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret • Hypernyms: ↑bribe, ↑payoff * * * noun [noncount] : money paid so that someone will keep information secret : money that you pay someone to hush something up He s accused of… …   Useful english dictionary

• hush — v., int., & n. v.tr. & intr. make or become silent or quiet. int. calling for silence. n. an expectant stillness or silence. Phrases and idioms: hush money money paid to prevent the disclosure of a discreditable matter. hush puppy US quickly… …   Useful english dictionary

• Stavisky affair — (1934) French financial and political scandal. When bonds sold to working class citizens by a credit organization run by the Russian born swindler Serge A. Stavisky (1886–1934) were found to be worthless, Stavisky fled to Chamonix and allegedly… …   Universalium

• Plame affair — (CIA leak) investigation Related topics and issues 2003 invasion of Iraq ( Operation Iraqi Freedom ) Contempt / Obstruction / Perjury Grand jury Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (full text) …   Wikipedia