glossed over
Brushed right past
To gloss over something is to treat it superficially or minimize its importance, often to avoid awkwardness or conceal flaws.
The phrase suggests applying a shiny surface that hides what's underneath: The report glossed over the company's financial problems.
Someone who glosses over mistakes acknowledges them only briefly before moving on, or skips them entirely.
- downplayedMinimized the significance of
- played downMinimized the importance of
- minimizedReduced to smallest extent
- sidesteppedAvoided by moving aside
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
swept under the rug · looked the other way · turned a blind eye · disregarded · neglected · handwaved · trivialized · whitewashing · overlooked · undervalued · sugarcoated · skimmed · euphemism · obfuscation · soft-pedaled · dismissed · spin · de-emphasized
- overlookedoverlooked, unnoticed, ignored, forgotten, neglected
- sugarcoatedsugarcoated, candy-coated, sweetened, honeyed, sugary
- rejectedrejected, spurned, rebuffed, snubbed, refused
glossed overscrutinized
Examined in close detail
dissected · probed · picked apart · pored over · unpacked
glossed overconfronted
Challenged or opposed directly
highlighted · tackled · dealt with · acknowledged · called out
glossed overexposed
Out in open
revealed · disclosed · aired · spelled out