Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Burial; sepulture.
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- verb Present participle of
bury .
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- noun concealing something under the ground
Etymologies
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Examples
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I'm sure they were sad about that news, but I'm also sure I was doing what we call burying the lead.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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(this is what they call burying the lead, my friends), I am heading to the set of
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(this is what they call burying the lead, my friends), I am heading to the set of
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(this is what they call burying the lead, my friends), I am heading to the set of
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Every day I practised for hours in burying forever the old Avis Everhard beneath the skin of another woman whom I may call my other self.
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I know that some people knew about his crimes, and The Oregonian shamed itself with its role in burying what it knew, but there's no way he holds either of those positions if his crimes had been known by the general public.
Kroger report on Adams imminent, sources say (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Nice job by the mayor in burying this bad news announcement in today's headline that the city council doesn't have the votes to override his veto of the panhandle ordinance.
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It was positively uncanny, the heathen ceremonies those grey ones pulled off in burying their grey brother.
SHIN-BONES 2010
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Christmas Day passed in burying the dead, whose bodies lay in scores between the trenches; in carol-singing, each side cheering for the other; and in a football match, which the Saxons won.
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So, NOT SO FAST in burying this affair obama supporter
Michelle Obama: Let's move past Wright, get back to issues 2008
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