gloss over meaning
EN- VerbSGglosses overPRglossing overPT, PPglossed over
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
- They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To treat something with less care than it deserves; to skimp.
- This book only glosses over quantum mechanics, and doesn't go into detail.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- This book only glosses over quantum mechanics, and doesn't go into detail.
- They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of gloss over in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Phrases
- Phrasal verbs
- Phrasal verbs with particle (over)
- Phrasal verbs with particle (over)
- Phrasal verbs
- Verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- Phrasal verbs with particle (over)
- Phrasal verbs with particle (over)
- Transitive verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- Phrases
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Look-Alike Words- en cross over
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this idiom "gloss over" is a phrase, more specifically, a phrasal verb. It's also a verb, more specifically, a phrasal verb and a transitive verb.