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smoke screen

  1. a cloud of smoke spread to screen the movements of troops, ships, etc.
  2. anything said or done to conceal or mislead

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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