Usually means: Make problems seem less severe.
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  1. smooth over: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. smooth over: Merriam-Webster
  3. smooth over: Collins English Dictionary
  4. smooth over: Vocabulary.com
  5. smooth over: Wiktionary
  6. smooth over: Dictionary.com
  7. smooth over: Rhymezone
  8. smooth over: FreeDictionary.org
  9. smooth over: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. smooth over: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. smooth over: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. smooth over: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (smooth over)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To make (a rough surface) smooth
▸ verb:  (transitive) To pacify (e.g. rumours)

Similar:
gloss over, slur over, skate over, skimp over, smooth out, smooth down, outsmooth, smoothen, smooth, resmooth, more...

Types:
gloss, disguise, mask, cover, conceal, more...

Phrases:
smooth over a road, smooth things over, to smooth over, more...

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Similar:
gloss over, slur over, skate over, skimp over, smooth out, smooth down, outsmooth, smoothen, smooth, resmooth, more...

Types:
gloss, disguise, mask, cover, conceal, more...

Phrases:
smooth over a road, smooth things over, to smooth over, more...



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