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cover tracks
cover someone's tracks (up)
to conceal one's trail; to conceal one's past activities. She was able to cover her tracks up so that they couldn't pin the charges on her. It's easy to cover up your tracks when the investigators botch their job. The robber failed to cover his tracks.
cover your tracks
to hide or destroy anything that shows where you have been or what you have been doing Roberts covered his tracks by throwing the knife in the river and burying his wife's body miles from his home.
cover (one's) tracks
To conceal traces so as to elude pursuers.