Beat Around The Bush
[v] fail to address a topic directly; "Don't beat around the bush--ask your boss for a raise right away"
Related Information
Related Terms
about the bush, around the bush, beat about, beat around, beg the question, bicker, boggle, cavil, choplogic, circumlocute, dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, fence, go round about, hedge, hem and haw, mystify, nitpick, obscure, palter, parr