sugar coat

A form of sugarcoat — To coat with sugar.

Meanings

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

present singular third person sugar coats · participle present sugar coating · participle past sugar coated · past sugar coated

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of sugarcoat.
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Chicago

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