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单词 beating around the bush
释义

beating around the bush

phrase

variants or beating about the bush
present participle of beat around the bush
as in straddling the fence
to avoid giving a definite answer or position Please stop beating around the bush and tell me the full story.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • straddling the fence
  • shaking
  • hemming and hawing
  • hedging
  • waffling
  • tergiversating
  • equivocating
  • weaseling
  • pussyfooting
  • ducking
  • fudging
  • evading
  • eluding
  • shunning
  • eschewing
  • dodging
  • sidestepping
  • shirking
  • flip-flopping
  • bypassing
  • circumventing
  • yo-yoing
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • skirting
  • quibbling
  • straddling
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