skate over/around

phrasal verb

skated over/around; skating over/around; skates over/around

: to avoid talking about (something) especially because it is difficult to talk about or embarrassing

He skated over the issue.

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However, Shane Wright managed to skate around Crosby and P.O Joseph. —

Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025 Bike, scooter, skateboard, or in-line skate around the block. —

Catherine Holecko, Parents, 30 July 2024 Next came trouble focusing and a feeling of pressure in my head; my eyes seemed to skate over the Google doc on my computer screen. —

Caroline Tien, SELF, 28 June 2024 Blommaert’s blunt, birdlike Bobbi is unceremoniously terrific at the center of a cast that’s all nailing the play’s stylistic demand: its need for its actors to skate over an extremely dark lake on the thin ice of humor and human oddity. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for skate over/around

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