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单词 paper over
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paper over

phrasal verb transitive
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theypaper over
he/she/itpapers over
present participlepapering over
past tensepapered over
past participlepapered over
DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    to try to hide a problem or disagreement instead of finding a satisfactory solution to it

    Fundamental problems were papered over, not resolved.

    Synonyms and related words
    To pretend something is not happening or is not the case
    kick something into the long grass
    sweep aside
    gloss over
  2. 2
    paper over the cracksto try to hide a problem or disagreement instead of finding a satisfactory solution to it
    Synonyms and related words
    To pretend something is not happening or is not the case
    kick something into the long grass
    sweep aside
    gloss over

paper over

phrasal verb transitive
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theypaper over
he/she/itpapers over
present participlepapering over
past tensepapered over
past participlepapered over
DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    to try to hide a problem or disagreement instead of finding a satisfactory solution to it

    Fundamental problems were papered over, not resolved.

    Synonyms and related words
    To pretend something is not happening or is not the case
    sweep aside
    gloss over
    wink at
  2. 2
    paper over the cracksto try to hide a problem or disagreement instead of finding a satisfactory solution to it
    Synonyms and related words
    To pretend something is not happening or is not the case
    sweep aside
    gloss over
    wink at
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