to cover for someone, to make excuses for someone
Para de passar pano pro seu irmão, ele errou feio.
Stop covering for your brother, he really messed up.
Dicionário inFormal records passar pano from 2018 for covering up for someone; later entries describe defending someone who did something wrong, often by changing the subject.
Source: Dicionário inFormal — passar pano.
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