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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 errorplay

  Familiarity information: SLEEK OVER used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLEEK OVER (verb)


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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