slide over

verb

1. to cross by or as if by sliding
2. to avoid dealing with (a matter) fully

Example Sentences

Why not have a double-sterned boat, and let the bow slide over the water instead of through it?

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The end of the contact spring should be shaped so that it will slide over the points of the screws easily, but in good contact.

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"I will," said the boy, and let himself slide over the edge.

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Instead, she began to slide over the face of the rock, losing and then regaining her foothold.

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That he should slide over this side of Baltimore's history would be natural enough, but of this he cannot be accused.

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