gloss over

phrasal verb

glossed over; glossing over; glosses over

: to treat or describe (something, such as a serious problem or error) as if it were not important

He glossed over the accident.

The problems were ignored or glossed over.

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Both the book and the film — or at least the marketing campaign for the film — have come under fire for glossing over the seriousness of domestic abuse with too much gooey romance. —

Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2024 By glossing over real issues and emotions, organizations risk creating an environment where psychological safety is compromised. —

Jack Kelly, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 Trump’s lies about having won that election in a landslide are indefensible, but glossing over them is a price Vance has been willing to pay for his political career. —

The Editors, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024 Marvel seemingly lost the thread of that plan somewhere between WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — a follow-up film that glossed over the show’s juicy emotional beats in favor of dizzying spectacle and more explicitly horror vibes. —

Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gloss over