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

This is no affair of gallantry,' he continued, the harshness of his demeanour disagreeably surprising me, I that you need beat about the bush.

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.