# gloss over

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
2. To treat something with less care than it in some ways deserves; to ignore, or at least to discount or dismiss for the current purposes.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gloss-over