Synonyms of beaten around the bush

beaten around the bush

phrase

variants or beaten about the bush

past participle of beat around the bush

as in shaken

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

Please stop beating around the bush and tell me the full story.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaken
• hemmed and hawed
• straddled the fence
• waffled
• equivocated
• hedged
• pussyfooted
• ducked
• weaseled
• tergiversated
• fudged
• eluded
• evaded
• shunned
• eschewed
• caviled
• dodged
• sidestepped
• bypassed
• shirked
• circumvented
• flip-flopped
• yo-yoed
• straddled
• skirted
• quibbled