All 3 Uses of
whitewash
in
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
- Turner and the corporals crossed the bridge and passed the whitewashed rocks, a reminder of training camp and all the bull.†
Chpt 2
- If there was time to whitewash rocks, there must be time to organize that.†
Chpt 2
- He'd assumed that the cussed army spirit which whitewashed rocks in the face of annihilation would prevail.†
Chpt 2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(whitewash as in: whitewash the fence) a liquid used to paint something in a see-through white color; or the act of painting something with such a liquid
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(2)
(whitewash as in: investigative whitewash) cover up, hide, or minimize (a wrong or error)
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Whitewash, especially in the past, can also refer to painting something white.