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SLEEK OVER
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
Example:
She tried to gloss over her mistakes
Synonyms:
gloss over; hush up; sleek over; whitewash
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "sleek over" is one way to...):
cover; cover up (hide from view or knowledge)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody