Usually means: Hide or ignore a problem.
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  1. sweep something under the rug: Merriam-Webster
  2. sweep something under the rug: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sweep something under the rug: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (sweep something under the rug)

verb:  (idiomatic) To conceal a problem, (usually embarrassing or illegal) expediently, rather than remedy it thoroughly.

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