skate over

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to deal with a difficult subject briefly without examining it properly

   Prepositional verb · Inseparable

   skate over something

   Usage: Put the superficially treated issue after over: skate over the problem, skate over it. Do not put that complement between skate and over.

   The report tried to skate over the reasons for the project's failure.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The report tried to skate over the reasons for the project's failure.

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