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slurs over

slurs over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slur over.

Meaning of slur over

Verb

slur over (third-person singular simple present slurs over, present participle slurring over, simple past and past participle slurred over)

  1. (dated) To deal with something hurriedly; to treat in a perfunctory manner.
    • The bad points of the work are slurred over and the good ones brought out into the best light, all this through a feeling akin to that which makes it unpleasant to speak ill of one to one's face.1846, E.A. Poe, The literati of New York, no. 1

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What is slurs over the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slurs over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slur over.

Words near slurs over in the dictionary

  1. slurry
  2. slurry bomber
  3. slurry bombers
  4. slurrying
  5. slurs
  6. slurs over
  7. slurve
  8. slurves
  9. Slurvian
  10. slush
  11. slush fund

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