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1beat about the bush — phrasal also beat around the bush : to fail or refuse to come to the point in discourse * * * beat about the bush see under ↑bush1 • • • Main Entry: ↑beat beat about the bush To prevaricate, avoid coming to the point • • • …
2beat about the bush — or[beat around the bush] {v. phr.}, {slang} To talk about things without giving a clear answer; avoid the question or the point. * /He would not answer yes or no, but beat about the bush./ * /He beat about the bush for a half hour without coming… …
3beat about the bush — or[beat around the bush] {v. phr.}, {slang} To talk about things without giving a clear answer; avoid the question or the point. * /He would not answer yes or no, but beat about the bush./ * /He beat about the bush for a half hour without coming… …
4beat around the bush — verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information • Syn: ↑equivocate, ↑tergiversate, ↑prevaricate, ↑palter • Derivationally related forms: ↑paltering (for: ↑palter), ↑ …
5beat around the bush — See: BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH …
6beat around the bush — See: BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH …
7beat around the bush — verb a) To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally. Please stop beating around the bush and tell me what the problem is! b) To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant. Syn …
8bush — [[t]b ʊʃ[/t]] bushes 1) N COUNT A bush is a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches. Trees and bushes grew down to the water s edge. Syn: shrub 2) N SING: usu the N, oft N n The wild, uncultivated parts of some hot… …
9bush — bush1 bushless, adj. bushlike, adj. /boosh/, n. 1. a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground. 2. a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant. 3. something resembling or suggesting this, as a thick, shaggy head of …
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