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skate over

verb
treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly [syn: gloss over] 
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Idioms & Phrases

skate over

Treat superficially or hurriedly, avoid mentioning, as in He concentrated on the main points of the contract and skated over the details. This idiom transfers the gliding motion of skating to dealing with something in a cursory way. [Mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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