If you smooth over a problem or difficulty, you make it less serious and easier to deal with, especially by talking to the people concerned. an attempt to smooth over the violent splits that have occurred The Chancellor is trying to smooth things over
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[ 'smü[th] ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English smothe, from Old English smOth; akin to Old Saxon smOthi smooth.