Hush Damage Sth Meaning Secret Reputation Person Organization

Meaning: to try to keep something secret, especially something that could damage the reputation of a person or an organization

• hush up sth Governments try to hush up anything that could damage their chances of being re-elected, such as corruption charges.
  
  
• hush sth up When it became clear that he had died of a drug overdose, his family tried to hush it up.