BEAT AROUND THE BUSH

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[v] fail to address a topic directly; "Don't beat around the bush--ask your boss for a raise right away"

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	See Also:	hesitate, waffle, waver

Thesaurus Terms

	Related Terms:	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