blanket (someone or something) with (something)

blanket (someone or something) with (something)

To cover with something. By the time I got to the beach, the kids had already blanketed Grandpa with sand. The storm blanketed the mountaintops with snow, making it look like a scene from a painting. I left the room for two minutes, and, by the time I got back, the kids had blanketed the kitchen floor with flour.

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blanket someone or something with something

Fig. to cover someone or something with something. They blanketed the flames with a layer of foam. The children blanketed Jimmy with leaves and pretended he was lost.

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