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Contexts Past tense for to speak evasively or indirectly, typically to avoid addressing something Past tense for to avoid giving a direct answer to (a question) Verb ▲ Past tense for to speak evasively or indirectly, typically to avoid addressing something hemmed and hawed hesitated equivocated danced around minced words shilly-shallied hummed and hawed beaten around the bush tergiversated prevaricated waffled pussyfooted fudged dodged hedged flanneled flannelled fenced weaseledUS weaselledUK copped out temporizedUS sat on the fence pussyfooted around run around parried questions dodged the issue shuffled about parried beat about the bush minced matters cavilledUK sidestepped straddled the fence covered up fibbed shuffled ducked the issue copped a plea clouded the issue adumbrated evaded stalled for time temporisedUK pettifogged evaded the issue ducked the question stalled paltered caviledUS told white lie stonewalled lied jived conned quibbled subtilized fudged the issue passed the buck given run around gave run around lay blew hot and cold ran around blown hot and cold beaten about the bush laid avoided the issue vacillated sidestepped the issue ducked avoided skirted falsified misrepresented shifted shirked shucked wavered blathered shifted ground about skirted the issue flip-flopped played your cards close to your chest shuffled around hedged your bets straddled an issue played it close to the vest dodged the question fast-talked gave the run around given the run around gave nothing away given nothing away Verb ▲ Past tense for to avoid giving a direct answer to (a question) evaded parried fenced fudged hedged avoided bypassed circumvented dodged sidestepped baulkedUK balkedUS ducked equivocated flanneled flannelled prevaricated pussyfooted stonewalled tergiversated waffled weaseledUS weaselledUK avoided answering fended off skirted round quibbled about got out of gotten out of copped out of found a way round beat about the bush about beaten about the bush about beat around bush beaten around bush Find more words! 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Use our Synonym Finder Nearby Words begged to differ begging begging borrow or steal begging for begging forgiveness begging for mercy begged pardon begged off begged for mercy begged forgiveness begged for begged borrow or steal