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beat around the bush

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synonym
tergiversate
pasttense
beated around the bush
presentparticiple
beating around the bush
thirdpersonsingular
beats around the bush
pastparticiple
beated around the bush

Framework definitions

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to be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

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