smokescreennoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsməʊk.skriːn/us/ˈsmoʊk.skriːn/something that hides the truth about someone's intentions:
Instead of doing something about the problem, the city council is hiding behind a smokescreen of bureaucracy.
an artificial cloud of smoke that is used to hide the movements or positions of soldiers from the enemy
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Hiding and disguising
- be holed up idiom
- bury
- camo
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- concealment
- hit the deck idiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- infiltration
- obscure
- sidle
- skulk
- snuck
- stash
- stow
- tuck
- veil
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