Word

gloss over, v.
freq. cnt. 1

treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

gloss over skate over skimp over slur over smooth over

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

treat, handle, do by

cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
<verb.perception>

gloss over hush up sleek over whitewash

sample sentences

"Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"
"She tried to gloss over her mistakes"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

cover, cover up