palter with

palter with

1) подходить (к кому-л., чему-л.) несерьезно, бездумно Don't palter with the question, answer it properly. ≈ Не уходите от вопроса, отвечайте прямо.
2) утаивать, говорить (о чем-л.) так, чтобы ввести в заблуждение Presidents should not palter with the truth. ≈ Президенты не должны скрывать правду.

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  • palter with the truth — index distort Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • palter with — trifle with. → palter …   English new terms dictionary

  • palter — verb /ˈpɔːltə,ˈpɒltə/ a) To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. I would prevaricate and palter in my usual plausible way, but, this being Cambridge, such stratagems would cut no ice with my remorseless and (in my… …   Wiktionary

  • palter — [ pɔ:ltə, pɒl ] verb archaic 1》 equivocate or prevaricate. 2》 (palter with) trifle with. Derivatives palterer noun Origin C16 (in the sense mumble or babble ): of unknown origin …   English new terms dictionary

  • Palter — Pal ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paltering}.] [See {Paltry}.] 1. To haggle. [Obs.] Cotgrave. [1913 Webster] 2. To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Palter — Pal ter, v. t. To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. [Obs.] Palter out your time in the penal statutes. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • palter — [pôl′tər] vi. [freq. formation < dial. palt, rag, piece of cloth (< a LowG source): orig. ? with reference to haggling over cloth prices] 1. to talk or act insincerely; prevaricate 2. to deal with facts, decisions, etc. lightly or… …   English World dictionary

  • palter — /ˈpɔltə/ (say pawltuh) verb (i) 1. to talk or act insincerely; equivocate; deal crookedly. 2. to haggle. 3. to trifle: *inwardly he had a profound suspicion that the tall man was paltering with the truth –norman lindsay, 1913. {compare obsolete… …  

  • palter — palterer, n. /pawl teuhr/, v.i. 1. to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery. 2. to bargain with; haggle. 3. to act carelessly; trifle. [1530 40 in sense to speak indistinctly, perh. alter. of FALTER in same sense, with p… …   Universalium

  • palter — v 1. lie, stretch the truth, prevaricate, fib, Inf. talk through one s hat, Inf. tell the big lie, Inf. speak with forked tongue; mince words, not tell the whole truth or story; equivocate, quibble, Sl. waffle, fudge, beat around or about the… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • Morris Palter — is a drummer/percussionist from Canada who specializes in contemporary/classical chamber and solo percussion music. He also plays novelty ragtime xylophone and drum kit, and is also a composer, and university professor who was a founding member… …   Wikipedia


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