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skate over
verb
- to cross on or as if on skates
- to avoid dealing with (a matter) fully
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Idioms and Phrases
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]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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