to avoid mentioning unpleasant details
unangenehme Details vermeiden (unangenehme details vermeiden zu erwaehnen)
"The report tries to gloss over the budget cuts."
"Der Bericht versucht, die Budgetkürzungen zu übergehen." (Der Bericht versucht, die Budgetkuerzungen zu **gloss over**.)
to punish someone to warn others
to argue about small or unimportant details
to clear space to accommodate something
a person one had a romantic relationship with in the past
to complete something perfectly by adding the final details
to use one’s power or influence aggressively