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"fig leaf" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used to express a sense of covering up something, figuratively or literally, to mask the truth or to hide something. For example, "The company's explanation was just a fig leaf for the true reason they made the decision."
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fig leaf
noun
A leaf of the fig plant.
Exact(52)
It's a fig leaf operation".
Not even a fig leaf.
But that is just a fig leaf.
This is a legal fig leaf.
But that was a fig leaf.
That is just a flimsy fig leaf.
Similar(8)
But even that fig-leaf was denied them.
This is me with my fig-leaf skirt".
Exhibitionism with the fig-leaf of a good cause?
It was neither a token nor a fig-leaf.
It's a fig-leaf for two reasons.
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