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Synonyms for beat around the bush in English

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beat around the bush:
- palter; prevaricate; tergiversate; beat around the bush; equivocate

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Detailed Synonyms for beat around the bush in English

beat around the bush:

beat around the bush verb

beat around the bush

– be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information ¹
palter; prevaricate; tergiversate; beat around the bush; equivocate
– be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information ¹
- palter verb
- prevaricate verb
- tergiversate verb
- beat around the bush verb
- equivocate verb

Alternate Synonyms for "beat around the bush":

equivocate; tergiversate; prevaricate; palter; misinform; mislead

Related Definitions for "beat around the bush":

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

Related Synonyms for beat around the bush

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