slur over

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Verb

slur over - treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly

gloss over, skate over, skimp over, smooth over

do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"

Translations

w>slur over

vi +prep obj → hinweggehen über (+acc)

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Their stiff wise men: I call them wise, not stiff--thus did I learn to slur over words.

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2/2/i/221-24, Artaria's edition placed a wedge staccato on each of the chords with a slur over these four bars (fig.

Evolution of an edition: the case of Beethoven's opus 2: part 2: partners and pirates, correction and corruption: the reprint publishers and their editions from 1798 to 1826

Lohlein also employed dots under a slur over a single note to indicate vibrato (Bebung) of he left hand - a violinists counterpart to C.