en beat around bush (v)

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ca tergiversar (v, communication) ➜
  • en equivocate (v, communication) ➜
  • en palter (v, communication) ➜
  • en prevaricate (v, communication) ➜
  • en tergiversate (v, communication) ➜
  • fa دروغ گفتن (v, communication) ➜
  • fa سهل انگاشتن (v, communication) ➜
  • fa مرتد شدن (v, communication) ➜
  • fi kieroilla (v, communication) ➜
  • fi kierrellä (v, communication) ➜
  • fi kierrellä ja kaarrella (v, communication) ➜
  • fi kiertää kuin kissa kuumaa puuroa (v, communication) ➜
  • fi puhua moniselitteisesti (v, communication) ➜
  • fi vältellä (v, communication) ➜
  • fr tergiverser (v, communication) ➜
  • fr tourner autour du pot (v, communication) ➜
  • ja 変節+する (v, communication) ➜
  • pt embromar (v, communication) ➜
  • pt mentir (v, communication) ➜
  • pt Pare de enrolar (v, communication) ➜
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Related terms

  • en avoid ➜
  • en circumlocution ➜
  • en delay ➜
  • en intentionally ➜
  • en long winded ➜
  • en omit ➜
  • en points ➜
  • en treat ➜
  • fr tourner autour du pot ➜

Antonyms

  • en cut to chase ➜
  • en get to point ➜
  • en get on with it ➜

beat around bush is a way of…

  • en misinform (v, communication) ➜

Word forms

  • en beat about bush ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 200837185-v
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