smooth away

English

Verb

smooth away (third-person singular simple present smooths away, present participle smoothing away, simple past and past participle smoothed away)

  1. (transitive) To remove or conceal by smoothing; to remove through gradual action.
    His rough edges have been smoothed away by a period of personal growth.
    The imperfections need to be smoothed away in a computer art package.
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