English Explanatory Dictionary

gloss over

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
  2. To treat something with less care than it in some ways deserves; to ignore, or at least to discount or dismiss for the current purposes.

Pronunciation

en-au-gloss over.ogg

Word forms

gloss over glosses over glossing over glossed over

Synonyms

paper over

Related words

glaze over make light of
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