skate over
to cross on or as if on skates
to avoid dealing with (a matter) fully
Words Nearby skate over
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How to use skate over in a sentence
To think that I used to skate over the meadows where that mountain now stands!
Alone | Norman DouglasAnd then when these critics have to skate over the "Poems and Ballads" episode—thin, cracking ice!
Books and Persons | Arnold BennettTo skate over meadows and into inaccessible bogs gives one a taste for exploration.
In the Open | Stanton Davis KirkhamBoth of the boys looked the broken skate over, and then retired to the old boathouse to see if they could not fix it.
The Putnam Hall Rivals | Arthur M. WinfieldI still take my daily walk, or skate over Concord fields or meadows, and on the whole have more to do with nature than with man.
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume VI, Familiar Letters | Henry David Thoreau
Other Idioms and Phrases with skate over
Treat superficially or hurriedly, avoid mentioning, as in He concentrated on the main points of the contract and skated over the details. This idiom transfers the gliding motion of skating to dealing with something in a cursory way. [Mid-1900s]
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