skate over

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait d'éviter ou d'ignorer un sujet difficile ou important, ou de ne l'aborder que superficiellement.

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

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Avoid or ignoreinformal

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

   passer sous silence

   • 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.

   Synonymesbypassdodgeevadegloss overoverlookpass oversidestepskip overskirt

   Antonymesaddressconfrontdealfacehandletackle

Verbe de baseskate