phrasal verb

• gloss something over, gloss over somethingTry to conceal or disguise something unfavourable by treating it briefly or representing it misleadingly.

  ‘the social costs of this growth are glossed over’

  More example sentences

  • ‘he glosses over how hard it is to evacuate densely populated areas’
  • ‘All of these fertile sources rear their heads in this film, and all are briefly glossed over or flat out ignored.’
  • ‘But though Einhard declared he would record nothing through hearsay, he also glossed over facts unfavourable to his hero.’
  • ‘I briefly glossed over it in standard grade maths, but only just.’
  • ‘Therefore, it is not surprising that the article misleads, and glosses over some important points about the safety and effectiveness of water fluoridation.’
  • ‘They accused the Party of concealing the facts, fabricating evidence and glossing over the matter to evade responsibility.’
  • ‘Rather, they were glossed over and covered up, much as one might conceal a defect in the wall with wallpaper.’
  • ‘Should we gloss over them as proof of the power of suggestion to treat psychosomatic illness?’
  • ‘Supporting this is anecdotal evidence that this is a responsible decision while glossing over the very real possibility of harm and danger to the student.’
  • ‘What critics here and abroad are glossing over, however, is that as a political marketing device, his address was absolutely brilliant.’
  • ‘The arrangements of classical pieces (which they did themselves) highlight their brilliant playing and technique, rather than glossing over it.’
  • ‘Without glossing over this important section, the production passes through these scenes quickly and finishes in style with the family walking up the steps to freedom beyond the mountains.’
  • ‘I'm very deliberately glossing over the surface so I can function.’
  • ‘Yet I wonder about the implications of looking away, of glossing over uncomfortable situations.’
  • ‘The staff spent their time glossing over such problems in paperwork.’
  • ‘When speakers weren't busy glossing over his faults they were just misinterpreting history.’
  • ‘It's a tactful way of glossing over really important things.’
  • ‘The only way we can reattain innocence is by glossing over our pasts, forgetting, and we're not always so good at that.’
  • ‘The expectation is that we ought to praise the university for its successes, while glossing over its failures.’
  • ‘And by glossing over this fact the credibility of the survey gets severely dented.’
  • ‘This strikes me as not exactly a cop out, but rather a glossing over what, to me, is so simple.’

  Synonyms

  conceal, cover up, hide, camouflage, disguise, mask, veil, draw a veil over, whitewash