"gloss over" meaning in English

See gloss over in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-gloss over.ogg Forms: glosses over [present, singular, third-person], glossing over [participle, present], glossed over [participle, past], glossed over [past]
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  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: paper over Related terms: glaze over, make light of Translations (to cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash): insabbiare (Italian), glatte over (Norwegian), замалчивать (zamalčivatʹ) (Russian), encubrir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gloss_over-en-verb-en:cover_up__figuratively Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "over", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "over": 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'to cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash': 99 1
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) 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. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to treat something with less care than it deserves; to ignore): zamluvit (Czech), მიფუჩეჩება (mipučečeba) (Georgian), sorvolare (Italian), вкратце касаться (vkratce kasatʹsja) (Russian), пробежаться (probežatʹsja) (alt: по теме) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gloss_over-en-verb-en:discount_or_disregard_as_irrelevant Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "over", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "over": 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'to treat something with less care than it deserves; to ignore': 5 95

Inflected forms

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