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beat about the bush

VERB

digress

Synonyms

STRONGEST

meander

STRONG

aberrate depart divagate drift ramble roam swerve veer wander

WEAK

be diffuse circumlocute excurse get off the point get off the subject get sidetracked go by way of go off on a tangent long way turn aside wander away

Antonyms

STRONG

go direct stay

WEAK

be direct

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

"Not to beat about the bush," Lennon wrote, "he could fart like nobody else in the world, before, then, or since."

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2011

This is not a time to beat about the bush.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2010

"Now we won't beat about the bush any more," he said judicially.

From The Eldest Son by Marshall, Archibald

beat about the bush

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