skate over/around sth betydelse and definition

Betydelse av skate over/around sth på svenska

• 0 to avoid dealing completely with something or to fail to pay enough attention to it:

  • Providing homeless people with somewhere to stay when the weather is cold only skates around the problem, it doesn't solve it.

  • I didn't understand what the teacher said about prepositions, because she only skated over it.