gloss over

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === gloss over (third-person singular simple present glosses over, present participle glossing over, simple past and past participle glossed over) (transitive, idiomatic) To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash. Synonym: paper over (transitive, idiomatic) 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. Coordinate term: shortchange ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ====