smooth over (something)

to make problems seem less serious.

He's on a three-day visit to smooth over a crisis.

They failed to agree on the main issue, and he certainly wasn't going to ignore it or try to smooth it over.

• come along for the ride
• come a long way
• come apart
• come apart at the seams
• come around
• come around to
• come around to something
• come at a price
• come back down to earth
• come back down to earth with a bang
• come back down to earth with a bump
• come back down to earth with a jolt
• come back from the dead
• come between
• come by
• come by something
• come cap in hand
• come clean
• come down in the world
• come down off your high horse
• come down on
• come down on like a ton of bricks
• come down on someone
• come down on someone like a ton of bricks
• come down on something