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Meanings of skimp over in English

Treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly.

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        Examples for "gloss over"
        Examples for "gloss over"
        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
        1
        Press releases skate over really interesting stuff sometimes in the interests of economy.
        The Guardian
        2
        He didn't so much participate in bullying as sanction it, skate over it.
        Soon I will be invincible
        3
        One needs professional theologians to skate over these dangerous places safely.
        The Spinners
        4
        General primary questions let the government skate over the detail.
        Radio NZ
        5
        All winter they lie there under the ice, while the children skate over them.
        The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children
        1
        Michael was the first to speak and smooth over the awkward moment.
        The Fireman
        2
        In the morning, try to smooth over those sharp features of yours.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 / A Magazine ...
        3
        Pile lightly in a dish, or smooth over, and serve at once.
        The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking / Adapted to Domesti...
        4
        The Obama administration and Karzai have tried to smooth over their rift.
        Reuters
        5
        I hope they didn't smooth over those bullet holes too good.
        Two for the dough
        1
        He said: 'I cannot slur over the words of our Lord.
        Life of Luther
        2
        I do not, therefore, slur over my scheme for disturbing the professor's peace of mind.
        Love Among the Chickens
        3
        Tickell manages the imputation of drink, but has to slur over the dog and the deer:-
        Alexander Pope
        4
        Christians usually emphasize those texts that make for what they hold true, and slur over others.
        Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
        5
        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