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Significats de skimp over en anglès

Treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly.

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Examples for "gloss over"
Examples for "gloss over"
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Let's not gloss over the fact that he calls Africa a country.
Ebony
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The policy of the War Department was to gloss over these events.
The Black Experience in America
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The truth is, as noted, we're inclined to gloss over our failures.
Lit: a memoir
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Please find below a glossary of ways to gloss over gross misconduct.
The Guardian
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Anuse interrupted Diana's questioning and attempted to gloss over the damning admission.
Wild Justice
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Press releases skate over really interesting stuff sometimes in the interests of economy.
The Guardian
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He didn't so much participate in bullying as sanction it, skate over it.
Soon I will be invincible
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One needs professional theologians to skate over these dangerous places safely.
The Spinners
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General primary questions let the government skate over the detail.
Radio NZ
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All winter they lie there under the ice, while the children skate over them.
The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children
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Michael was the first to speak and smooth over the awkward moment.
The Fireman
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In the morning, try to smooth over those sharp features of yours.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 / A Magazine ...
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Pile lightly in a dish, or smooth over, and serve at once.
The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking / Adapted to Domesti...
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The Obama administration and Karzai have tried to smooth over their rift.
Reuters
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I hope they didn't smooth over those bullet holes too good.
Two for the dough
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He said: 'I cannot slur over the words of our Lord.
Life of Luther
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I do not, therefore, slur over my scheme for disturbing the professor's peace of mind.
Love Among the Chickens
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Tickell manages the imputation of drink, but has to slur over the dog and the deer:-
Alexander Pope
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Christians usually emphasize those texts that make for what they hold true, and slur over others.
Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
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Their stiff wise men: I call them wise, not stiff-thusdid I learn to slur over words.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None