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Contexts Present participle for to speak evasively or indirectly, typically to avoid addressing something Present participle for to hold back or play down the severity of what one is communicating Verb ▲ Present participle for to speak evasively or indirectly, typically to avoid addressing something hemming and hawing hesitating equivocating dancing around shilly-shallying begging the question humming and hawing beating around the bush prevaricating hedging tergiversating waffling flannelling flanneling dodging evading stalling parrying questions beating about the bush vacillating pussyfooting weaselingUS weasellingUK quibbling sidestepping stonewalling fudging sitting on the fence fudging the issue dodging the issue evading the issue copping out ducking the question pussyfooting around ducking parrying avoiding shuffling cavilingUS cavillingUK paltering fencing sidestepping the issue copping a plea temporizingUS temporisingUK passing the buck ducking the issue blowing hot and cold hedging your bets giving the run around shucking flip-flopping shuffling around conning jiving covering up adumbrating straddling the fence pettifogging lying mincing matters fibbing stalling for time subtilizing shuffling about running around avoiding the issue telling white lie clouding the issue giving run around shifting shirking skirting falsifying misrepresenting shifting ground about circumventing balkingUS eluding bypassing baulkingUK giving the runaround dancing around an issue getting around skirting round worming one's way out of getting out of finding a way round rambling playing it close to the vest skirting the issue fending off avoiding answering quibbling about copping out of beating about the bush about beating around bush escaping shaking beating shortcutting eschewing skipping welshing reneging fleeing juking ditching giving the slip going around skipping out on shaking off steering clear of giving a wide berth to sneaking away slipping out putting off Verb ▲ Present participle for to hold back or play down the severity of what one is communicating mincing understating underemphasizing underplaying downplaying euphemizing minimisingUK minimizingUS holding back soft-pedalling soft-pedaling toning down de-emphasizing playing down making light of making little of making nothing of moderating mitigating palliating subduing shushing setting no store by setting little store by shrugging off glossing over putting on the soft pedal going easy blue-penciling blue-pencilling diminishing underrating undervaluing softening trivializingUS deemphasizing downgrading detracting from trivialisingUK talking down Find more words! 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