Synonyms of beating around the bush

beating around the bush

phrase

variants or beating about the bush

present participle of beat around the bush

as in hemming and hawing

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

Please stop beating around the bush and tell me the full story.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hemming and hawing
• straddling the fence
• shaking
• hedging
• waffling
• equivocating
• weaseling
• tergiversating
• pussyfooting
• ducking
• fudging
• evading
• eluding
• shunning
• eschewing
• cavilling
• dodging
• flip-flopping
• sidestepping
• shirking
• bypassing
• yo-yoing
• caviling
• circumventing
• quibbling
• skirting
• straddling