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glaze over

Same as to gloss over something. When someone makes reference to something or alludes to it, but what was more important was hidden or was not expressly stated.
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You said that the teacher didn't like you and that you weren't going back to that school. You glazed over the fact that you were expelled from school.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Modified by TriplePurple on December 01, 2023

Additional definitions for 'glaze over':

glaze overTo become unfocused, as if through boredom.
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