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hemming and hawing

phrase , present participle of hem and haw

Synonyms and Antonyms of hemming and hawing

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

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

Synonyms of hemming and hawing

equivocating, fudging, hedging, pussyfooting, tergiversating, waffling, weaseling

Words Related to hemming and hawing

flip-flopping, yo-yoing

dodging, ducking, eluding, eschewing, evading, shaking, shirking, shunning, sidestepping, skirting

bypassing, circumventing

caviling (or cavilling), quibbling

Phrases Synonymous with hemming and hawing

beating around the bush (or beating about the bush), straddling the fence

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