skate over

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения избегания или игнорирования сложной или важной темы, либо поверхностного её рассмотрения.

A phrasal verb used to indicate avoiding or ignoring a difficult or important topic, or dealing with it superficially.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

1. Avoid or ignoreinformal

   To avoid discussing or dealing with a difficult or unpleasant topic.

   Обходить стороной

   • He skated over the issue of budget cuts during the meeting.
   • She tried to skate over her mistake by changing the subject.
   • The report skates over the main problems facing the company.

   Synonymsbypassdodgeevadegloss overoverlookpass oversidestepskip overskirt

   Antonymsaddressconfrontdealfacehandletackle

Base verbskate