beat around the bush

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verb

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
• Syn:
equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
• Derivationally related forms:
paltering (for: palter), prevarication (for: prevaricate), prevaricator (for: prevaricate), tergiversation (for: tergiversate), equivocation (for: equivocate), equivocator (for: equivocate)
• Hypernyms:
misinform, mislead
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP