tiptoe around sth/sb
informal UK also tiptoe round sth/sb— phrasal verb with tiptoe uk/ˈtɪp.təʊ/us/ˈtɪp.toʊ/verb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
to avoid dealing with a difficult subject, problem, or person:
Jonathan keeps tiptoeing around the problem, instead of confronting it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- beat
- discursive
- elliptical
- evasive
- gloss over sth
- go (all) round the houses idiom
- go off on a tangent idiom
- implicit
- meander
- move off sth/on (to sth)
- obliquely
- parry
- sanitize
- sidestep
- skirt
- stray
- suggestion
- talk around sth
- tangent
- tiptoe
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