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Summary

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beat around the bush:
- Wiktionary:
  beat around the bush → tourner autour du pot, ne pas y aller par quatre chemins
- Synonyms for "beat around the bush":
  equivocate; tergiversate; prevaricate; palter; misinform; mislead

English

Detailed Translations for beat around the bush from English to French

beat around the bush: ^{(*Using Word and Sentence Splitter)}

Beat: Beat
beat: frapper
around: autour; autour de; tout autour; aux alentours de; vers; environ; à peu près; plus ou moins; grossièrement; sphérique; globulaire; le tour par l'extérieur
the: ce; cela; ça; la; le; les; l'; le la les
bush: jungle; forêt vierge; buisson; buissons; broussailles; arbrisseau; fourré

beat around the bush:

Translation Matrix for beat around the bush:

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	equivocate; palter; prevaricate; tergiversate

Synonyms for "beat around the bush":

equivocate; tergiversate; prevaricate; palter; misinform; mislead

Related Definitions for "beat around the bush":

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information¹

Wiktionary Translations for beat around the bush:

beat around the bush

verb

to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant
- beat around the bush → tourner autour du pot
to treat a topic but omit its main points
- beat around the bush → tourner autour du pot

beat around the bush

verb

(familier, fr) aborder franchement et sans détour un sujet, une question, aller droit au but.
- ne pas y aller par quatre chemins → beat around the bush
(figuré) User de détours inutiles, au lieu d’aller au fait, à la conclusion d’une affaire.
- tourner autour du pot → beat around the bush; beat about the bush

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