Dutch-English translations for verstoppen

• conceal
  But on no account must we gloss over this by failing to make our feelings known and by trying to conceal things in committees, which will disconcert the public. Laten wij dit alsjeblieft niet onder het tapijt vegen door geen standpunt in te nemen of door te proberen de kwestie in commissies te verstoppen en daarmee de bevolking te sussen.
  However, the Berlin declaration, instead of expounding these achievements, appears to be concealing them behind vague formulations about openness and cooperation. In plaats van deze successen in de kijker te plaatsen, lijkt de Verklaring van Berlijn ze te willen verstoppen achter vage formuleringen over openheid en samenwerking.
  For example, these security measures lend themselves very well to the concealment of what would be less than entirely legal funding arrangements for the various national airlines. In deze veiligheidsmaatregelen zou men bijvoorbeeld zeer goed niet geheel legale financieringsmogelijkheden voor de verschillende nationale luchtvaartmaatschappijen kunnen verstoppen.
• hide
  You can hide on this issue, Mr Social Democrat, you can hide, but it was unworthy of your policy. U kunt u wel verstoppen wat dit betreft, mijnheer de sociaaldemocraat, u kunt u wel verstoppen, maar het was uw politieke koers niet waardig!
  Europe must not hide when it is needed most. Europa mag zich niet verstoppen nu het het hardst nodig is.
  There is no need for us to hide ourselves away. We hoeven ons niet te verstoppen.
• block
  a block of ice
  a block of stone
  Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution.
• foul
  This cloth is too foul to use as a duster
  His foul hands got dirt all over the kitchen
  The air was so foul nobody could breathe
• plug
  I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again
  Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain
  He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw
• skulk
  Those who seek to promote transparency should cease to skulk in the corridors and secretly record and film their colleagues. Degenen die meer transparantie nastreven moeten ermee ophouden zich in de wandelgangen te verstoppen om hun collega’s stiekem te filmen of hun gesprekken op te nemen.
• stash
  They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies.
  The dealers managed to store the dope in the stash just in time to avoid being caught by the police
  He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar.

Related words

• verstoppertje
• verstopping
• verstopplaats
• zich verstoppen