smooth over
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smooth over
vb
(tr) to ease or gloss over: to smooth over a situation.
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Verb | 1. | smooth over - treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly |
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smooth
adjective1. Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations:
3. Posing no difficulty:
Informal: snap.
Idioms: easy as ABC, easy as falling off a log, easy as one-two-three, easy as pie, like taking candy from a baby, nothing to it.
phrasal verb
smooth over
To bring (something) into a state of agreement or accord:
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w>smooth over
vt sep (fig) quarrel → in Ordnung bringen, geradebiegen (inf); to smooth things over → die Sache geradebiegen (inf)
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