sweep something under the carpet

Verb

 * 1) * 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
 * I've been struggling with what I am now for 6 years—and it's time to stop sweeping the issue under the carpet
 * I've been struggling with what I am now for 6 years—and it's time to stop sweeping the issue under the carpet