Gloss over

Verb

Definitionen

1.VerbTo cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.

"They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice."

2.VerbTo treat something with less care than it in some ways deserves; to ignore, or at least to discount or dismiss for the current purposes.

"This book only glosses over quantum mechanics; it doesn't go into detail."

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