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Verb

Present participle for to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions

Present participle for to negotiate or bargain for a better deal

Present participle for to alter something from its true state, typically to deceive

Present participle for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

Present participle for to hesitate or be undecided between two opinions or courses of action

Present participle for to deliberately act evasively in order to gain time or postpone a decision

Present participle for to engage in (typically meaningless or unimportant) speech, dialog or conversation

Present participle for to express a different opinion

Adjective

Prone to lying and not telling the truth

Noun

The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification

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Verb

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Present participle for to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions

temporising^UK

temporizing^US

beating about the bush

sidestepping the issue

beating around the bush

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

balking^US

baulking^UK

dancing around an issue

worming one's way out of

shifting ground about

playing it close to the vest

giving the run around

playing your cards close to your chest

copping out of

beating about the bush about

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“I would prevaricate and palter in my usual plausible way, but, this being Cambridge, such stratagems would cut no ice.”

Verb

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Present participle for to negotiate or bargain for a better deal

driving a hard bargain

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

splitting the difference

adjusting

going fifty-fifty

compromising

reaching a compromise

meeting halfway

consulting together

meeting each other halfway

striking balance

striking a happy medium

coming to terms

making concession

making concessions

finding the middle ground

finding a happy medium

finding middle ground

striking a balance

discussing a settlement

trading off

playing ball

coming to an understanding

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“The more we hesitate, haggle, and palter over the necessary measures, the greater are the risks we run.”

Verb

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Present participle for to alter something from its true state, typically to deceive

coloring^US

colouring^UK

biasing^US

biassing^UK

quoting out of context

taking out of context

giving a false account of

building up

giving a false idea of

putting words in someone's mouth

putting the wrong slant on

giving a false impression of

moulding^UK

molding^US

twisting someone's words

dramatizing^US

dramatising^UK

making adjustments to

making changes to

making alterations to

giving a false picture of

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Present participle for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

departing from the truth

not telling the truth

trumping up

making up

telling a terminological inexactitude

creating fiction

telling a fib

speaking with forked tongue

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

telling a little white lie

pulling someone's leg

saying something untrue

perjuring oneself

putting on the wrong track

breaking promise

committing perjury

bearing false witness

throwing off the scent

putting up a front

putting on

sending on a wild goose chase

giving the wrong impression

leading up the garden path

creating out of thin air

giving someone a bum steer

victimising^UK

putting up smoke screen

ripping off

putting on an act

giving wrong information to

catching

ensnaring

pulling a swifty on

leading down the garden path

double-crossing

pulling a fast one on

putting on false front

victimizing^US

leading up garden path

imposing on

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Present participle for to hesitate or be undecided between two opinions or courses of action

Verb

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Present participle for to deliberately act evasively in order to gain time or postpone a decision

Verb

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Present participle for to engage in (typically meaningless or unimportant) speech, dialog or conversation

Verb

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Present participle for to express a different opinion

Adjective

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Prone to lying and not telling the truth

economical with the truth

phoney^UK

phony^US

terminologically inexact

not entirely truthful

bearing false witness

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

not to be depended on

intentionally misleading

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

like a snake in the grass

all talk and no action

not to be relied upon

coloured^UK

colored^US

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

without law and order

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Noun

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The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification

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