📚 verb • entry_id 55424
paper over
Meanings (ES + gloss)
disipar • empapelar
To superficially hide or disguise (a problem or a defect) without addressing it; to provide a veneer of normality or success.
Runaway lending continues, bad debts mount even higher, and the need for more cash to paper over losses becomes that much more acute.
While Volcker briefly submitted his resignation to Treasury Secretary Baker, a new vote would paper over immediate tensions – though Volcker's time as chair was numbered, going for…
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