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Slur over

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  1. 1
    To deal with something hurriedly; to treat in a perfunctory manner. dated

    "The bad points of the work are slurred over and the good ones brought out into the best light, all this through a feeling akin to that which makes it unpleasant to speak ill of one to one's face."

  2. 2
    treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly wordnet

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