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Meanings of
gloss over
in English
Portuguese
caiar
Catalan
arrear
Spanish
tapar
Back to the meaning
Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error.
whitewash
sleek over
hush up
Portuguese
caiar
Treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly.
skate over
smooth over
slur over
skimp over
Synonyms
Examples for "
whitewash
"
whitewash
sleek over
hush up
Examples for "
whitewash
"
1
In fact, several of the people involved in this
whitewash
are British.
2
The buildings gleamed with fresh coats of
whitewash
;
everything was under control.
3
Let's analyse the four times that he crossed the Eden Park
whitewash
.
4
The unseen screws of political pressure creaked, and
whitewash
brushes slurped suavely.
5
On either hand two cinque-cento frescoes had been rescued from the
whitewash
.
1
Like the MacBook, it has tried to forge its own distinctive look, and like its Mac rival, it aims for
sleek
over
fully featured.
1
She'd managed to
hush
up
all of them, often at outrageous cost.
2
Tells about tactics practiced by SYDA used to
hush
up
members.
3
The Party authorities would like very much to
hush
up
the sensational details.
4
That McIntyre would make no attempt to
hush
up
the scandal was obvious.
5
I'll buy off Adams at any price, and
hush
up
the whole matter.
Usage of
gloss over
in English
1
Let's not
gloss
over
the fact that he calls Africa a country.
2
The policy of the War Department was to
gloss
over
these events.
3
The truth is, as noted, we're inclined to
gloss
over
our failures.
4
Please find below a glossary of ways to
gloss
over
gross misconduct.
5
Anuse interrupted Diana's questioning and attempted to
gloss
over
the damning admission.
6
Lowly hacks meaning, either sub-editors or reporters, who generally
gloss
over
them.
7
How did you decide whose research to highlight and whose to
gloss
over
?
8
They're understandable, but they
gloss
over
justified and reasonably held concerns.
9
The director says the project will not
gloss
over
the gritty bits, either.
10
But nor would he
gloss
over
the villainy of Bobby Stegler.
11
He was resolved to
gloss
over
nothing, to offer no excuses.
12
She had just enough time to smooth the
gloss
over
Vangie's cracked lips.
13
I didn't
gloss
over
anything, but just confessed the whole truth.
14
Unfortunately, there wasn't quite enough proven technology to
gloss
over
the consumer finance core.
15
Or... would Roderick
gloss
over
the horrendous war crime as the price of vengeance?
16
All this homage helped Jared to
gloss
over
the paltriness of their actual check.
Other examples for "gloss over"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
gloss
over
gloss
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
gloss over
Portuguese
caiar
Catalan
arrear
encalcinar
emblanquir
guarnir
emblanquinar
Spanish
tapar
cubrir
acallar
encubrir
disimular
Gloss over
through the time
Gloss over
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common