Beat around the bush
Beat around the bush verb - Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
Duck the question and beat around the bush are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Duck the question" instead a verb phrase "Beat around the bush".
Duck the question
Beat around the bush and duck the question are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beat around the bush" instead a verb phrase "Duck the question".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- stall and beat around the bush
- stall and duck the question
- fence and beat around the bush
- fence and duck the question
- prevaricate and beat around the bush
- prevaricate and duck the question
- equivocate and beat around the bush
- equivocate and duck the question
- hedge and beat around the bush
- hedge and duck the question
- quibble and beat around the bush
- quibble and duck the question
- hem and haw and beat around the bush
- hem and haw and duck the question
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Duck the question and Beat around the bush. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat_around_the_bush/duck_the_question
Beat around the bush & Duck the question. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat_around_the_bush/duck_the_question>.
Duck the question or Beat around the bush. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat_around_the_bush/duck_the_question.
