cover one's tracks

Verb

figuratively

(figuratively) To conceal how one arrived at a certain result or position.

Japanese Meaning

（比喩的に）どのようにしてその結果や地位に至ったか、その経緯を隠すこと

What is this buttons?

In the meeting, he advised, 'Always cover one's tracks,' and left the team wondering what exactly he meant.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

会議で彼は「常に自分がどのようにその結果に至ったのかを隠すべきだ」と助言し、チームは彼が正確に何を意味したのか分からずにいた。

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Sense（1）

(figuratively) To conceal how one arrived at a certain result or position.

C.I.E. Class "D14" 4-4-0 No. 89 covers its tracks with a magnificent smokescreen as it pulls out of Dun Laoghaire with the 9.0 a.m. boat train for Dublin. [in this case, railway tracks]

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covers one's tracks

（ present singular third-person ）

covering one's tracks

（ participle present ）

covered one's tracks

（ participle past ）

covered one's tracks

（ past ）

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