BEAT AROUND THE BUSH

beat around the bush: translation

beat around the bush & beat about the bush

Fig. to avoid answering a question; to stall; to waste time. •

Stop beating around the bush and answer my question.

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Let's stop beating about the bush and discuss this matter.

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beat around the bush: translation

beat around the bush & beat about the bush

Fig. to avoid answering a question; to stall; to waste time. •

Stop beating around the bush and answer my question.

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Let's stop beating about the bush and discuss this matter.

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beat around the bush: translation

about the bush, around the bush, beat about, beat around, beg the question, bicker, boggle, cavil, choplogic, circumlocute, dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, fence, go round about, hedge, hem and haw, mystify, nitpick, obscure, palter, parry, periphrase, pick nits, prevaricate, pull away, pull back, pussyfoot, put off, quibble, recoil, sheer off, shift, shift off, shrink, shuffle, shy, shy away, shy off, sidestep, split hairs, step aside, swerve, tergiversate, ward off