Cover story
1. a plausible account used to excuse the presence of a spy
2. any alibi
2. any alibi
That was probably just cover story they tried to give me.
cover story
When your crush finds out you like him/her, so you make a big story of why it isn't true.
Your friend: Didn't he find out you like him?
You: Yea, but I just told him my cover story instead. He doesn't know anymore.
You: Yea, but I just told him my cover story instead. He doesn't know anymore.
cover story
Being so popular you are on the cover of a magazine
Fallout boy was nobody, but by fall they were a cover story