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pussyfoot

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of pussyfoot

1 to avoid giving a definite answer or position

  • politicians who try to pussyfoot around hot-button issues
Synonyms of pussyfoot

equivocate, fudge, hedge, tergiversate, waffle, weasel
Words Related to pussyfoot

flip-flop, yo-yo

dodge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shake, shirk, shun, sidestep, skirt

bypass, circumvent

cavil, quibble

straddle
Phrases Synonymous with pussyfoot

beat around the bush (or about), hem and haw, straddle the fence

2 to move about in a sly or secret manner

  • pussyfooting through the hallways in the middle of the night
Synonyms of pussyfoot

lurk, mooch, mouse, shirk, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, steal
Words Related to pussyfoot

crawl, creep, edge, inch, worm

ghost, pad, tiptoe

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