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  1. beat around the bush:


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beat around the bush:


Translation Matrix for beat around the bush:

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- equivocate; palter; prevaricate; tergiversate

Synonyms for "beat around the bush":

  • equivocate; tergiversate; prevaricate; palter; misinform; mislead

Related Definitions for "beat around the bush":

  1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information1

Wiktionary Translations for beat around the bush:

beat around the bush
verb
  1. to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant
  2. to treat a topic but omit its main points
beat around the bush
verb
  1. (familier, fr) aborder franchement et sans détour un sujet, une question, aller droit au but.
  2. (figuré) User de détours inutiles, au lieu d’aller au fait, à la conclusion d’une affaire.

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