beat around the bush

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beat around the bush
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Synonyms:

speak indirectly, speak evasively, avoid the subject, avoid the issue, be deceptive, evade, prevaricate, pussyfoot (slang), dodge , equivocate, cavil, hem and haw (UK), slang , sidestep, shy away, tergiversate, dither, not get to the point, skirt the issue

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