beat around the bush
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to beat around the bush (third-person singular simple present beats around the bush, present participle beating around the bush, simple past and past participle beaten around the bush)
- (idiomatic) To treat a topic but omit its main points, often intentionally.
- (idiomatic) To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.
- Please stop beating around the bush and tell me what the problem is!
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to treat a topic but omit its main points
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to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant
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