gloss oversomething
phrasal verbwithglossverb[T]uk/ɡlɒs/us/ɡlɑːs/
toavoidconsideringsomething, such as anembarrassingmistake, to make itseemnotimportant, and toquicklycontinuetalkingabout somethingelse:
Sheglossedover the company'sdecliningprofits.
Thedocumentaryglossedover someimportantissues.
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- euphemism
- hedge
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obfuscation
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil