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gloss over

verb
  1. To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash. (transitive) · They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.
  2. 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. (transitive) · This book only glosses over quantum mechanics; it doesn't go into detail.
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