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skate over

skate over verb: to avoid addressing or tackling.

Verb

skate over (third-person singular simple present skates over, present participle skating over, simple past and past participle skated over)

  1. (idiomatic) To avoid addressing or tackling.
    Synonyms:
    skate around
  2. To defeat convincingly; trounce.

Synonyms of skate over

Forms of skate over

third-person singular presentskates over
present participleskating over
past participleskated over
pastskated over

Questions about skate over

What does skate over mean?
Skate over means to avoid addressing or tackling.
What part of speech is skate over?
Skate over is a verb.
What is the past tense of skate over?
The past tense of skate over is skated over.

Words near skate over in the dictionary

  1. skate key
  2. skate keys
  3. skate on
  4. skate on thin ice
  5. skate one's lane
  6. skate over
  7. skate park
  8. skate parks
  9. skate punk
  10. skate punks
  11. skate rat

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