smoothsomethingover
phrasal verbwithsmoothverbuk/smuːð/us/smuːð/
to makeproblems,difficulties, ordisagreementslessseriousoreasiertosolve, usually bytalkingto thepeopleinvolved:
Would you like me totrytosmooththingsover between you andyourparents?
Making things better
- add salt tosomethingidiom
- allay
- alleviate
- alleviation
- ameliorate
- cultivate
- leavening
- liven(something)up
- lubricate
- make a differenceidiom
- make a world of differenceidiom
- relieve
- revamp
- revitalize
- revivify
- revolutionize
- salvage
- salve
- sharpen
- tonic