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hemmed and hawed

phrase , past tense of hem and haw

Synonyms and Antonyms of hemmed and hawed

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

He kept hemming and hawing and I couldn't get a straight answer.

Synonyms of hemmed and hawed

equivocated, fudged, hedged, pussyfooted, tergiversated, waffled, weaseled

Words Related to hemmed and hawed

flip-flopped, yo-yoed

dodged, ducked, eluded, eschewed, evaded, shirked, shook, shunned, sidestepped, skirted

bypassed, circumvented

caviled (or cavilled), quibbled

Phrases Synonymous with hemmed and hawed

beat around the bush (or beat about the bush), straddled the fence

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