gloss over
[verb]
Synonyms: palliate, blanch (over), extenuate, gloze (over), sugarcoat, varnish, veneer, white, whiten, whitewash

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Related Words: account, explain, justify, rationalize, belie, falsify, miscolor, misrepresent

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gloss over something phrasal verb (see also gloss)
to avoid talking about something unpleasant, or to say as little as possible about it Synonym : skirt:
She glossed over the details of her divorce.

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gloss over
gloss over (something)
to fail to deal with the importance of something.
The report praised the managers but glossed over the high cost of the project.

Usage notes: usually said about a problem or fault:
The State Department's reports for the period glossed over the worst human-rights problems in the region.

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gloss over something
gloss over (something)
to fail to deal with the importance of something.
The report praised the managers but glossed over the high cost of the project.

Usage notes: usually said about a problem or fault:
The State Department's reports for the period glossed over the worst human-rights problems in the region.

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gloss over
to try to make what is wrong or bad seem unimportant, to hide something
The accountant tried to gloss over the amount of money that the company lost last year.

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gloss something over
to try to make what is wrong or bad seem unimportant, to hide something
The accountant tried to gloss over the amount of money that the company lost last year.

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gloss over
v. To try to make what is wrong or bad seem right or not important; try to make a thing look easy; pretend about; hide.
Billy broke a window and Mother tried to gloss it over by saying it wouldn't cost much to have it fixed, but Father spanked Billy anyway.
John glossed over his mistake by saying that everybody did the same thing.

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