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[ verb ] treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly

Used in print

("Week by Week"...)

This is an ethical demand which cannot be evaded or glossed_over by talking exclusively of weapon superiority or even of the evil of Communism .

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treat

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[ verb ] cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

Examples

"Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin" "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"

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cover whitewash

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