Synonyms of beating around the bush

beating around the bush

phrase

variants or beating about the bush

present participle of beat around the bush

as in weaseling

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weaseling
• hemming and hawing
• straddling the fence
• shaking
• hedging
• waffling
• ducking
• equivocating
• tergiversating
• dodging
• pussyfooting
• evading
• fudging
• eluding
• shunning
• eschewing
• flip-flopping
• sidestepping
• skirting
• shirking
• circumventing
• bypassing
• yo-yoing
• caviling
• quibbling
• straddling