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pussyfoot

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1
as in to weasel
to avoid giving a definite answer or position politicians who try to pussyfoot around hot-button issues

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as in to sneak
to move about in a sly or secret manner pussyfooting through the hallways in the middle of the night

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“Pussyfoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pussyfoot. Accessed 2 Dec. 2022.

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