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RELATED WORDS : all around american cranberry bush around around the bend around the clock arse around beach plum bush beat beat a retreat beat about beat back beat down beat generation beat in beat it beat off beat out beat the drum beat up beauty bush benjamin bush bird's-eye bush black-fronted bush shrike blackberry bush blueberry bush bob around boss around boysenberry bush bramble bush bring around brittle bush bum around bump around burning bush bush bush administration bush baby bush bean bush clover bush hibiscus bush honeysuckle bush jacket bush lawyer bush league bush leaguer bush nasturtium bush out bush pea bush poppy bush shrike bush tit bush vetch bush violet bush willow butterfly bush calico bush caper bush cast around christmas bush circle around clown around come around coral bush coyote bush cranberry bush creosote bush currant bush daisy bush dewberry bush drive around eggplant bush elderberry bush european cranberry bush feijoa bush fetter bush fire bush flame bush flannel bush fool around frig around fringe bush gang around gather around george bush george h.w. bush george herbert walker bush george w. bush george walker bush get around get around to go around go around in circles gooseberry bush groundsel bush guava bush hang around hang around with hoary golden bush hog plum bush horse around jazz around jew bush jujube bush juniper bush just around the corner kei apple bush kick around kid around knock around lawyer bush lie around loll around look around lounge around marmalade bush mess around mill around mimosa bush minnie bush monkey around moon around mope around move around muck around needle bush nose around oriental bush cherry pass around pepper bush play around play around with poison bush poke around potter around president bush president george w. bush push around putter around quail bush quince bush rabbit bush raspberry bush revolve around ringworm bush roll around run around scarlet bush send around sleeping around slosh around slush around smoke bush spice bush spin around splash around stagger bush stick around strawberry bush swing around the other way around tool around turn around turned around twist around vannevar bush walk around waltz around wheel around whirl around

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb beat around the bush has 1 sense

• beat around the bush(v = verb.communication) equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate - be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information; Array
is one way to misinform, mislead
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

THESAURUS

beat around the bush

about the bush, around the bush, beat about, beat around, beg the question, bicker, boggle, cavil, choplogic, circumlocute, dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, fence, go round about, hedge, hem and haw, mystify, nitpick, obscure, palter, parry, periphrase, pick nits, prevaricate, pull away, pull back, pussyfoot, put off, quibble, recoil, sheer off, shift, shift off, shrink, shuffle, shy, shy away, shy off, sidestep, split hairs, step aside, swerve, tergiversate, ward off

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