candy-coat

verb

To sugarcoat.

Meanings

verbcandy-coat (third-person singular simple present candy-coats, present participle candy-coating, simple past and past participle candy-coated)

present singular third person candy-coats · participle present candy-coating · participle past candy-coated · past candy-coated

  1. figurativelytransitiveTo sugarcoat.

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