gloss over
1. treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over
• Hypernyms:
treat, handle, do by
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
- Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
- She tried to gloss over her mistakes
• Syn:
whitewash, sleek over, hush up
• Derivationally related forms:
whitewash (for: whitewash)
• Hypernyms:
cover, cover up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
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