'beat around the bush' definitions:
Definition of 'beat around the bush'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information [syn: beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter]
Synonyms of 'beat around the bush'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about the bush,
- around the bush,
- beat about,
- beat around,
- beg the question,
- bicker,
- boggle,
- cavil,
- choplogic,
- circumlocute,
- dodge,
- duck,
- equivocate,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- fence,
- go round about,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- mystify,
- nitpick,
- obscure,
- palter,
- parry,
- periphrase,
- pick nits,
- prevaricate,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pussyfoot,
- put off,
- quibble,
- recoil,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shrink,
- shuffle,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- sidestep,
- split hairs,
- step aside,
- swerve,
- tergiversate,
- ward off