smooth over

phrasal verb

smoothed over; smoothing over; smooths over also smoothes over
: to make (a disagreement, problem, difficulty, etc.) seem less serious than it really is
Don't worry about missing the application deadline—we'll smooth that over with the office.
She smoothed over the objections to his candidacy.

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Use a gentle exfoliant to smooth over any dry patches (Cheng likes Glossier’s new Cleanser Concentrate) and a good moisturizer. — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile, this is a good day to discuss how to smooth over past difficulties. — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025 But any unpalatable class issues at the center of the movie are smoothed over by the outrageous star power of Culkin, who is so charismatic as Kevin that the performance has followed him ever since. — Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024 The voice memo, lasting more than six minutes, paints a picture of an empathetic director trying to smooth over any hurt feelings Lively felt regarding his response to her suggested rewrites of a key opening scene by apologizing profusely. — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for smooth over

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