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beat around the bush, v.

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
<verb.communication>

beat around the bush equivocate palter prevaricate tergiversate

verb frames

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verb frames

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verb frames

Somebody ----s
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verb frames

Somebody ----s
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verb frames

Somebody ----s
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

equivocation equivocation equivocation equivocator

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tergiversation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

prevarication prevarication prevarication prevaricator

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

paltering

semantic pointers

hypernym

mislead, misinform