sand off

English

Verb

sand off (third-person singular simple present sands off, present participle sanding off, simple past and past participle sanded off)

1. To make smooth or blunt by sandpapering
2. (figurative) To remove the rough elements or imperfections from
   • 2023 October 18, Murtada Elfadl, “Killers Of The Flower Moon review: Martin Scorsese's uniquely American tragedy”, in AV Club‎^[1]:

     De Niro veers dangerously close to caricature—making chirpy noises, always tilting his head, adding dashes of comedy—yet he ends up personifying evil while never sanding off the edges of this horrible man or trying to explain away his misdeeds with a humanist approach.