SKATE OVER/AROUND (SOMETHING)

Meaning of SKATE OVER/AROUND (SOMETHING) in English

skate over/around something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ skate )

to avoid mentioning a problem or subject, or not give it enough attention:

The President was accused of skating over the issue of the homeless.

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SKATE — I. ˈskāt, usu -ād.+V noun ( plural skates also skate ) Etymology: Middle English scate, from Old Norse skata 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OVER — I. |ōvə(r) adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubari, ubiri, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AROUND — I. əˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, probably from a- (I) + round, n. 1. a. : in a circle or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKATE — skate 1 — skateable , adj. /skayt/ , n. , v. , skated, skating . n. 1. See ice skate …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OVER — /oh"veuhr/ , prep. 1. above in place or position: the roof over one's head. 2. above and to the other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AROUND — /euh rownd"/ , adv. 1. in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, …
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SKATE — n. ice skate, shoe with a blade on the bottom for gliding on ice; roller skate, shoe with wheels on …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SKATE — I. ˈskāt noun ( plural skates also skate ) Etymology: Middle English scate, from Old Norse skata Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OVER — I. ˈō-vər adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubar (preposition) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AROUND — I. ə-ˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, from a- (I) + round (II) Date: 14th century 1. a. : in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKATE — vi to move on skates. 2. skate ·noun a metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of …
Webster English vocab
OVER — adv from inside to outside, above or across the brim. 2. over ·adv at an end; beyond the limit of …
Webster English vocab
AROUND — adv in a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. around ·prep on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as …
Webster English vocab
SKATE — [skate] n, pl skates also skate [ME scate, fr. ON skata] (14c): any of a family (Rajidae, esp. genus Raja) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OVER- — [over-] prefix 1: so as to exceed or surpass "overachieve" 2: excessive "overstimulation" 3: to an excessive degree "overthin"over.ab.stract over.abun.dance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OVER — [over] adv [ME, adv. & prep., fr. OE ofer; akin to OHG ubar (prep.) above, beyond, over, L super, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKATE — in zoology, any of numerous flat-bodied, cartilaginous fishes constituting the suborder Rajoidea of the order Batoidei (skates, rays, and others). …
Britannica English vocabulary
SKATE — first production-model nuclear-powered attack submarine of the U.S. Navy. Launched and commissioned in 1957, it was similar to the first …
Britannica English vocabulary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKATE — / skeɪt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. to move on skates (usually referring to ice skating , …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — / ˈəʊvə(r); NAmE ˈoʊ-/ adverb , preposition , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of over …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — / əˈraʊnd; NAmE / adverb , preposition ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of around in phrasal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — some ‧ thing S1 W1 /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ BrE AmE pronoun 1 . used to mean a particular thing when you do …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKATE — I. skate 1 /skeɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-2,4: Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Dutch ; Origin: schaats 'stilt, skate' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OVER — I. o ‧ ver 1 S1 W1 /ˈəʊvə $ ˈoʊvər/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ofer …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AROUND — a ‧ round S1 W1 /əˈraʊnd/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition 1 . surrounding or on all sides of something …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKATE — n. & v. --n. 1 each of a pair of steel blades (or of boots with blades attached) for gliding …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKATE — n. & v. n. 1 each of a pair of steel blades (or of boots with blades attached) for gliding …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AROUND — adv. & prep. adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKATE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. each of a pair of steel blades (or of boots with blades attached) for …
Oxford English vocab
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1. …
Oxford English vocab
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1. on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Oxford English vocab
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT /oʊvə(r)/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKATE — ( skates, skating, skated) 1. Skates are ice-skates. N-COUNT 2. Skates are roller-skates. N-COUNT 3. If you skate , you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKATE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES figure skating ice skate in-line skate roller skate skating rink speed skating COLLOCATIONS FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OVER — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car pulls over (= stops on the side of a road ) a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AROUND — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bug is going around (= a lot of people have it ) ▪ A …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
SKATE — Synonyms and related words : Reptilia, bloke, boy, buck, chap, coast, fellow, flit, flow, fly, gent, gentleman, glide, glissade, guy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OVER — adj. run over run through or over all over bend over blanch over boil over bowl over check over come …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AROUND — adv. all around around the clock bring around fool around hang around kick around mess around play around push around …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OVER — I. adverb 1. from one point to another across intervening space sailed over to the island Synonyms: across, athwart, beyond, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKATE — noun Skate is used before these nouns: ↑ park , ↑ shoe , ↑ spot Skate is used after these …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OVER — See ↑ ABOVE 1, ↑ ACROSS 1, ↑ DURING 1, ↑ MORE 2, ↑ ON/ON TOP OF 1 ◆◆◆ • …
Longman Activator English vocab
AROUND — INDEX: 1. around someone or something 2. to be surrounded by something 3. to move into a position around someone …
Longman Activator English vocab
AROUND — See ↑ AROUND/ROUND 1,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ ask around • ↑ be around • ↑ come around • ↑ come …
Longman Activator English vocab
OVER — adj. 25B6; preposition there will be cloud over most of the country : ABOVE, on top of, higher (up) than, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — adv. 25B6; adverb there were houses scattered around : ON EVERY SIDE, on all sides, throughout, all over (the place), …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OVER — prep. 1 above, on, upon, on top of, atop (of) She spread a tarpaulin over the boat to protect it …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AROUND — adv. 1 about, approximately, nearly, almost, roughly; circa There were around a dozen of us in the place 2 about, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SOMETHING — 1. мест.; неопред.; как сущ. кое-что, нечто, что-нибудь, что-то; до некоторой степени He is something of an artist. ≈ Он …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKATE — I сущ. скат (рыба) II 1. сущ. 1) конек 2) катание на коньках 2. гл. 1) кататься на коньках 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OVER — 1. предл. 1) а) указывает на движение или нахождение над каким-л. предметом над, выше a flight over the sea ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AROUND — 1. нареч. 1) всюду, кругом, повсюду the fountain, where they were sitting around ≈ фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMETHING — something.ogg 1. ʹsʌmθıŋ n 1. какая-л. должность, какое-л. положение ( где-л. ) he is something in the Record Office - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SKATE — skate.ogg _I skeıt n ( pl тж. без измен.) зоол. скат ( Raja ) _II 1. skeıt n 1. обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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