sleek over
phrasal verbPart ofsleek
sleek over — phrasal verb
1. to deliberately describe something bad or unpleasant in a way that makes it seem
1.phrasal verb
Definition
to deliberately describe something bad or unpleasant in a way that makes it seem less serious, by hiding the most negative parts.
Example
The company sleeked over the job losses by calling them an early retirement plan.
Ms. Chen noticed that Ravi had solved three equations incorrectly, but instead of marking them wrong, he sleeked over the mistakes with a vague "good try" — the next day, Ravi made the same errors again.