skate over/aroundsomething
phrasal verbwithskateverb[I+ adv/prep,T]uk/skeɪt/us/skeɪt/
(UKalsoskate round sth)toavoiddealingcompletelywith something or tofailtopayenoughattentionto it:
Providinghomelesspeoplewithsomewheretostaywhen theweatheriscoldonlyskatesaround theproblem, it doesn'tsolveit.
I didn'tunderstandwhat theteachersaid aboutprepositions, because she onlyskatedover it.
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blowsomething/someoneoff
- brushsomeone/somethingaside
- chopped liver
- damn
- denigrate
- denigration
- front
- laugh
- laughsomethingoff
- leavesomethingat the dooridiom
- look down onsomeone
- minoritize
- never
- shrug
- shrugsomethingoff
- sniff atsomething
- sweepsomethingaside
- talksomethingdown
- wave