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Definition of Skate over

1. Verb. Treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly.

Definition of Skate over

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To avoid adressing or tackling. ¹

2. Verb. (ice hockey) To convincingly defeat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skate Over

Literary usage of Skate over

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1875)
"People unacquainted with the subject, commonly fall into one or other extreme, and suppose that we either skate over glassy ice, or walk on snow-shoes over ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1900)
"After a day or two not a square yard is level, and he may skate over a whole field where there is no water, while the surface takes every undulation of the ..."

3. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"... over ground which would be impassable at a slower pace ; in the same manner as a man is able to skate over thin ice. When hunting, the party endeavours ..."

4. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"The Gauchos say they often pass at full speed over ground which would be impassable at a slower pace ; in the same manner as a man is able to skate over ..."

5. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1889)
"The Gauchos say they often pass at full speed over ground which would be impassable at a slower pace, in the same manner as a man is able to skate over thin ..."

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