pussyfoot around
Example Sentences
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"Sometimes there isn't time to pussyfoot around," said John Couch, a 50-year-old self-employed party planner, explaining why he thought Trump's directness could help the country.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2015
DDB wasn’t going to pussyfoot around for the LBJ brand just because this was politics.
From Washington Post
Says she: "I would certainly not pussyfoot around about having a radical because it's not worth it."
From Time Magazine Archive
Bad News on Animal Bites Don't pussyfoot around if you're bitten by a dog or cat.
From Time Magazine Archive
“It was until I dropped the bottle, it broke on the floor, and everybody had to pussyfoot around the floor so they wouldn’t get cut by the broken glass,” I said.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
