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glosses over

glosses over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gloss over.

Meaning of gloss over

Verb

gloss over (third-person singular simple present glosses over, present participle glossing over, simple past and past participle glossed over)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
    • They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.
    Synonyms:
    paper over
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To 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.

Questions about glosses over

What is glosses over the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Glosses over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gloss over.

Words near glosses over in the dictionary

  1. glossening
  2. glossens
  3. glosser
  4. glossers
  5. glosses
  6. glosses over
  7. glossic
  8. glossid
  9. glossids
  10. glossier
  11. glossies

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