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SLEEK OVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sleek over mean?
• SLEEK OVER (verb)
The verb SLEEK OVER has 1 sense:
1. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
Familiarity information: SLEEK OVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
gloss over; hush up; sleek over; whitewash
Context example:
She tried to gloss over her mistakes
Hypernyms (to "sleek over" is one way to...):
cover; cover up (hide from view or knowledge)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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