gloss over
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verb (tr, adverb)
to hide under a deceptively attractive surface or appearance
to deal with (unpleasant facts) rapidly and cursorily, or to omit them altogether from an account of something
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gloss over
Make attractive or acceptable by deception or superficial treatment. For example, His resumé glossed over his lack of experience, or She tried to gloss over the mistake by insisting it would make no difference. [Mid-1600s]
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