Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To make (a rough surface) smooth

  2. (transitive)To pacify (e.g. rumours)

More definitions
  • treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly

Examples

3 sentences

  1. She smiled to smooth things over.

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  2. Sami would do anything he could do to smooth over the situation.

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  3. Sometimes, having a third party present can smooth things over and give the illusion that everything is alright.

    ruБывает, что присутствие третьего человека всё сглаживает и возникает иллюзия, будто всё хорошо. — symbol

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Forms

smooths over, smoothing over, smoothed over, smoothed over
Base formsmooth over · to smooth over
3rd person singularsmooths over
Present participlesmoothing over
Past simplesmoothed over
Past participlesmoothed over

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysmooth over
he, she, itsmooths over

Past simpleLesson

all personssmoothed over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave smoothed over
he, she, ithas smoothed over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill smooth over

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
smoothA2smoothiesmoothlyA2smother
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