Meaning: gloss over 
v.
treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly
cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
gloss over Idiom, Proverb
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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.gloss over (something)
1. To abbreviate or omit article in an annual in adjustment to obscure, conceal, or abate the accent of it. When I told Mom and Dad about my night, I aloof glossed over the actuality that I'd gotten a parking ticket. You can acquaint they're aggravating to appearance over the poor Q3 sales in their investors' balance report.2. To accord alone apparent or apathetic absorption to something. I don't accept why this chic glosses over such an important allotment of Medieval history.Learn more: gloss, overgloss over something
to awning up, minimize, or comedy down article bad. Don't appearance over your own role in this fiasco! I don't appetite to appearance this amount over, but it absolutely isn't actual important, is it?Learn more: gloss, overgloss over
Make adorable or adequate by bamboozlement or apparent treatment. For example, His resumé glossed over his abridgement of experience, or She approved to appearance over the aberration by insisting it would accomplish no difference. [Mid-1600s] Learn more: gloss, over
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