Definition
To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
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.
In Context
- "They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice."
- "Plausibility, I know, can only be unmasked by shewing the absurdities it glosses over, and the simple truths it involves with specious errors."
- "This book only glosses over quantum mechanics; it doesn't go into detail."
Also Said As
- paper over
See Also
- glaze over
- make light of