gloss over

British  

verb

1. to hide under a deceptively attractive surface or appearance

2. to deal with (unpleasant facts) rapidly and cursorily, or to omit them altogether from an account of something

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gloss over Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

It would be easy to gloss over the truth, to let Gingersnipes go on believing he was innocent in all this mayhem.

From Literature

That also has unsettling contextual implications that the writers can’t gloss over.

From Salon

During that time, he released two albums recorded while on bail or day release, but he generally glosses over them as unsatisfactory when discussing his career.

From BBC

As my experience over the past few weeks has shown, we can benefit from such exchanges without having to gloss over or ignore our differences.

From The Wall Street Journal

He prefigured today’s globalized music economy long before it had language for itself, though his influence has often been oddly glossed over.

From Los Angeles Times

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