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Meanings of gloss over in English

Portuguese
caiar
Catalan
arrear
Spanish
tapar

Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error.

        caiar

        Treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly.

              Usage of gloss over in English
              1
              Let's not gloss over the fact that he calls Africa a country.
              Ebony
              2
              The policy of the War Department was to gloss over these events.
              The Black Experience in America
              3
              The truth is, as noted, we're inclined to gloss over our failures.
              Lit: a memoir
              4
              Please find below a glossary of ways to gloss over gross misconduct.
              The Guardian
              5
              Anuse interrupted Diana's questioning and attempted to gloss over the damning admission.
              Wild Justice
              6
              Lowly hacks meaning, either sub-editors or reporters, who generally gloss over them.
              Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press
              7
              How did you decide whose research to highlight and whose to gloss over?
              Wired
              8
              They're understandable, but they gloss over justified and reasonably held concerns.
              The Guardian
              9
              The director says the project will not gloss over the gritty bits, either.
              Ebony
              10
              But nor would he gloss over the villainy of Bobby Stegler.
              The sherlockian
              11
              He was resolved to gloss over nothing, to offer no excuses.
              The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
              12
              She had just enough time to smooth the gloss over Vangie's cracked lips.
              Damaged
              13
              I didn't gloss over anything, but just confessed the whole truth.
              Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
              14
              Unfortunately, there wasn't quite enough proven technology to gloss over the consumer finance core.
              Reuters
              15
              Or... would Roderick gloss over the horrendous war crime as the price of vengeance?
              Navigators of Dune
              16
              All this homage helped Jared to gloss over the paltriness of their actual check.
              Under the Skylights
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              Translations for gloss over
              Portuguese
              caiar
              Gloss over through the time
              Gloss over across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common