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gloss over

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As a verb, gloss over means treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly.

Meanings of gloss over

2 meanings

Treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly
Similar: skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over
Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
“Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin”
“She tried to gloss over her mistakes”
Similar: whitewash, sleek over, hush up

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

verb: treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly

skate oversmooth overslur overskimp over

verb: cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error