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Smooth over

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make (a rough surface) smooth transitive
  2. 2
    treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly wordnet
  3. 3
    To pacify (e.g. rumours) transitive

    "Then, as usual, the sheep broke into "Four legs good, two legs bad!" and the momentary awkwardness was smoothed over."

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