SLEEK OVER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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