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beat around the bush

English

  1. 🔊 be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Spanish

  1. 🔊 andarse con rodeos to beat around the bush
  2. 🔊 andarse por las ramas to beat around the bush

Similar words

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