beat about the bush
Example Sentences
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Xavi: "I won't beat about the bush, Pep. I have one question for you: do you count on me?"
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024
Previously, prosecutor Kevin Dent QC told jurors that the defendants did not "beat about the bush" in the encrypted messages.
From BBC • May 27, 2022
Some artists sure don’t beat about the bush and name the man.
From The Guardian • Dec. 10, 2015
This is not a time to beat about the bush.
From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2010
Yes, I do mean that, and I've come to ask you to your face; I'm not the one to beat about the bush!
From The Story of Louie by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
