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nounnoun or participle which takes the aux. verb surutransitive verb

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nounnoun or participle which takes the aux. verb surutransitive verb

Meanings

  1. 1.

    patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over

    nounnoun or participle which takes the aux. verb surutransitive verb

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Example sentences


It is not good to gloss over your own mistakes.

しようとし


He is trying to gloss over his failure.


Even if you gloss over the problem, you will have trouble again later.


Please speak honestly without glossing things over.


Everyone knows that glossing things over is not good.