skate over

skate over
verb
treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly (Freq. 1)
Syn: ↑gloss over, ↑smooth over, ↑slur over, ↑skimp over
Hypernyms: ↑treat, ↑handle, ↑do by
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something Adjective/Noun

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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skate over (figurative)
To hurry over lightly
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Main Entry:skate

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ˌskate ˈover/​a ˈround [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they skate over/​around he/she/it skates over/​around present participle skating over/​around past tense skated over/​around past participle skated over/​around] phrasal verb
to avoid a difficult subject or situation

Many important issues have been skated over in this report.

Thesaurus: to avoid risks or dangersynonym
Main entry: skate

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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