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What is another word for equivocates?

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To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive

To pause in indecision before doing something

To tell a lie or something that is untrue

To speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something

To make a false show or pretense of

To quibble over trivial matters

Give a false or misleading account of the nature of

To make unclear or difficult to understand

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Verb

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To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive

temporises^UK

temporizes^US

beats around the bush

balks^US

baulks^UK

dances around an issue

worms one's way out of

plays it close to the vest

plays your cards close to your chest

gives nothing away

straddles an issue

gives a false colour to

beats about the bush about

avoids committing oneself

avoids making a decision

kicks the can down the road

uses delaying tactics

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“They sometimes equivocate when asked directly about Santa's existence.”

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To pause in indecision before doing something

temporises^UK

temporizes^US

baulks^UK

balks^US

keeps changing your mind

goes from one extreme to the other

thinks something unlikely

harbours reservations about

has reservations about

expresses reservations about

feels uneasy about

has doubts about

has suspicions about

harbours suspicions about

entertains doubts about

fluctuates on

expresses suspicions about

has hesitations about

kicks the can down the road

uses delaying tactics

puts off doing something

hangs fire

lets something slide

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To tell a lie or something that is untrue

departs from the truth

invents a story

makes up a story

forswears oneself

tells a terminological inexactitude

tells a fib

creates fiction

speaks with forked tongue

tells a little white lie

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

creates out of thin air

says something untrue

has on

throws off the scent

puts on the wrong track

breaks promise

puts on

puts up a front

sends on a wild goose chase

leads astray

BSes

lacks candor

gives the wrong impression

leads up the garden path

gives someone a bum steer

wrong steers

leads down the garden path

victimises^UK

victimizes^US

gives wrong information to

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To speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something

temporises^UK

temporizes^US

uses delaying tactics

beats around the bush

holds over

kicks the can down the road

puts off doing something

slacks

shirks

drops behind

uses dilatory tactics

puts on the back burner

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To make a false show or pretense of

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To quibble over trivial matters

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Give a false or misleading account of the nature of

colors^US

colours^UK

quotes out of context

gives a false account of

gives a false idea of

puts words in someone's mouth

puts the wrong slant on

moulds^UK

molds^US

twists someone's words

dramatizes^US

gives a false impression of

dramatises^UK

gives a false picture of

minimizes^US

gives a false identity to

minimises^UK

sweeps under the carpet

puts up a smoke screen

keeps quiet about

sweeps under the rug

puts on a false front

puts up a front

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Verb

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To make unclear or difficult to understand

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