tiptoe around
phrasal verb
tiptoed around; tiptoeing around; tiptoes around
: to avoid talking about (something) : to talk about (something) only in an indirect way
They tiptoed around the subject of her poor health.
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To realize the person who loves me would not have to tiptoe around or be fragile with or avoid talking about.
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Jenelle Riley, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
More recently, however, McGinley has been tiptoeing around a different and more coveted title: TV’s most valuable supporting actor.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
For too long, California leaders tiptoed around the housing crisis.
—Rigel Robinson, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
That sexism isn’t great, but Johnson makes Lewis’s struggle to trust Sheppard again believable as the two tiptoe around each other for the rest of the season.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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Jenelle Riley, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
More recently, however, McGinley has been tiptoeing around a different and more coveted title: TV’s most valuable supporting actor.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
For too long, California leaders tiptoed around the housing crisis.
—Rigel Robinson, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
That sexism isn’t great, but Johnson makes Lewis’s struggle to trust Sheppard again believable as the two tiptoe around each other for the rest of the season.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for tiptoe around
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“Tiptoe around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiptoe%20around. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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