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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

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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