Đồng nghĩa của pussyfooted around

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Past tense for discuss a matter without coming to the point
beat about the bush beaten about the bush dodged the issue evaded the issue hedged prevaricated vacillated fudged the issue hesitated hummed and hawed parried questions quibbled shilly-shallied stalled waffled ducked the question flanneled flannelled tergiversated sat on the fence equivocated dodged evaded sidestepped minced words stonewalled fenced fudged pussyfooted parried temporized weaseled cavilled paltered caviled weaselled copped out hemmed and hawed flip-flopped ducked the issue copped a plea avoided temporised shucked ducked sidestepped the issue beaten around the bush passed the buck shuffled wavered blathered blarneyed beguiled blandished begged the question run around shuffled about contested foiled eluded baffled straddled the fence covered up fibbed falsified maneuvered shirked shuffled around escaped clouded the issue adumbrated hedged your bets blew hot and cold stalled for time blown hot and cold outwitted fought off manoeuvred told white lie used flattery lied talked blarney jived fast-talked conned eschewed shifted buttered up feinted gave the run around given the run around given run around gave run around ran around avoided the issue put off deceived circumvented misrepresented balked baulked put on rambled fabricated welshed reneged fled skirted invented dissembled belied dithered distorted exaggerated misstated garbled faked snuck away laid low slipped out bypassed stretched the truth shifted ground about danced around an issue wormed one's way out of glossed over skirted the issue quibbled about copped out of euphemized found a way round tapdanced played it close to the vest danced around dodged the question avoided answering beat around bush skirted round played your cards close to your chest beat about the bush about fended off straddled an issue fudged and mudged misspoke misspoken gotten around got around lay low given the runaround gave the runaround given a false colour to gave a false colour to gave nothing away given nothing away beaten about the bush about beaten around bush got out of gotten out of

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Past tense for to become nervous or anxious and reconsider a decision about an upcoming event
got cold feet gotten cold feet delayed faltered hesitated stalled thought twice wavered fluctuated havered oscillated vacillated yo-yoed dilly-dallied hummed and hawed shilly-shallied blew hot and cold blown hot and cold sat on the fence dithered swithered halted staggered balanced scrupled hung back hemmed and hawed teetered procrastinated temporized dallied equivocated paused wabbled wobbled swayed temporised dawdled tarried trembled hovered tergiversated waffled changed hedged reeled run hot and cold changed mind wasted time prevaricated trifled pottered seesawed flickered dillydallied swung fence-straddled boggled rocked straddled whiffled tumbled alternated varied bobbled shuddered rolled killed time kept changing your mind moved slowly whiffled waffled whiled away time quivered ran hot and cold chopped and changed quavered trimmed paltered deliberated played a waiting game faffed about dragged your heels loitered lurched lingered marked time went from one extreme to the other gone from one extreme to the other tottered stumbled had doubts floundered demurred had misgivings doubted yourself doddered doubted careened waddled veered weaved held off flip-flopped teeter-tottered pussyfooted waited baulked deferred balked pitched shaken shook mammered toddled shambled hobbled wiggled held back lagged faffed around walked unsteadily shied away put off hung fire put off doing something messed about let something slide dragged your feet wobbled about woven wove stopped pondered debated weighed hanged hung plodded shuffled lumbered dodged shimmied straggled shivered quoke quaked limped blundered trudged swerved jibbed refused shied mumbled bumbled rotated protracted retarded postponed adjourned prolonged pulled back titubated bobbed winded wound thought about hung about messed around hung around sat on fence felt uncertain wondered about expressed reservations expressed misgivings expressed reluctance cooled goldbricked poked pivoted stuttered hirpled stotted stammered interchanged interspersed altered struggled dragged stayed ummed and ahed lacked conviction thought something unlikely toppled sputtered dangled walked haltingly moved falteringly fluttered moved unsteadily felt giddy wallowed had reservations about acted in sequence tripped over your tongue expressed reservations about had doubts about had hesitations about entertained doubts about fluctuated on had suspicions about felt uneasy about shifted stumbled over your words suspended action stayed in the background worked in sequence beaten around the bush kicked the can down the road expressed suspicions about occurred in turn flogged postponed action filled in for relieved deferred action shrunk back harboured suspicions about harboured reservations about stayed back moved between occurred in rotation substituted walked with difficulty played for time used delaying tactics fumbled for words moved clumsily trembled precariously followed one another followed followed in turn blundered about taken a raincheck took a raincheck shrunken back shrank back waited and saw waited and seen took turns taken turns went up and down gone up and down gone around went around taken it in turns took it in turns acted reciprocally come and gone came and went broke broken brake spoken haltingly spoken falteringly spoke falteringly spoke haltingly

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Past tense for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
avoided evaded dodged escaped shirked brushed off sidestepped skirted bypassed danced around discounted disregarded ducked eluded ignored neglected overlooked shied from wriggled out of dispensed with got around gotten around ran away from run away from shook shaken skirted round tergiversated weaseled out of weaselled out of copped out of fended off funked got out of gotten out of gave the slip to given the slip to went around gone around kept one's distance from laid low from paid no attention to paid no heed to paid no mind shook off shaken off took no notice of taken no notice of tuned out turned a blind eye to turned back on turned your back on unheeded unminded declined ducked out of finessed scaped shirked from shuffled out of beat cut shunned circumvented eschewed shortcutted parried bilked skived juked steered clear of skived off slid out of found a way out of short-circuited beaten backed out of given something a miss gave something a miss got away from gotten away from skipped fought shy of missed had nothing to do with kept clear of cheated kept away from quit outmanoeuvred found a way round outmaneuvered let something slide abandoned circumnavigated shut eyes to recoiled from given a wide berth to gave a wide berth to stayed away from shied away from got round rejected reneged outflanked stymied shrank from shrunk from quitted burked snubbed skulked spurned shuffled off renounced pussyfooted cold-shouldered goldbricked forgot deserted faked malingered skimped on left something undone left alone kept at arm's length lost sight of sloughed off pulled out of paid little attention to put the move on cut dead cut someone cold overpassed winked at blinked at stayed clear of omitted let it go put it on let well enough alone slurred over passed over set aside let go brushed aside glossed over let pass turned a deaf ear to shrugged off looked the other way weaselled avoided dealing with outwitted foiled thwarted overcome excused backpedalled revoked backpedaled welshed fielded rationalized scrimshanked creeped played truant from dogged bludged fenced crept deked deflected shammed stayed shy of bobbed off fudged ditched weaseled slipped baulked at wussed out escaped from backed off answered evasively weaseled out had alibi backed down rationalised used pretext hacked copped out backed out fenced off forgotten loafed turned away from had no part of abjured flinched from turned tail run away hid from absconded eloped fled got past relinquished repudiated sacrificed disavowed swerved skipped out on disclaimed abstained abdicated dropped abnegated refrained from disdained kicked denied given the slip gave the slip found a way around forsook forsaken feigned illness faked illness disaffirmed shied refrained run off departed from deviated from dismissed misheeded whitewashed discarded contemned pretermitted deferred chickened out of overleaped failed to look after slighted had no truck with turned a blind eye depreciated looked through packed in elided kept your distance connived reneged on not touched failed to notice played hooky laughed off failed to care for lived with not taken into account not troubled oneself pretended to be ill closed your eyes to procrastinated over postponed faked out paid no mind to thought little of swung the lead trifled with procrastinated excluded buried one's head in sand glozed over worked around overleapt turned blind eye failed to provide for pushed aside not cared turned deaf ear papered over scanted left be underestimated jacked in not cared for made light of passed up bunked off pretended to be an invalid overcame withdrawn withdrew balked at gotten out weaselled out got out end-ran taken fright took fright ran away gotten past lain down on job lay down on job forswore forsworn forwent forgone ran off thrown to the winds threw to the winds gainsaid took no notice taken no notice took a sickie taken a sickie took back road taken back road gave the cold shoulder to given someone the go-by given the cold shoulder to gave someone the go-by given someone the brush-off gave someone the brush-off gave the cold shoulder given the cold shoulder gone around the barn went around the barn given up gave up abstained from swore off sworn off

Trái nghĩa của pussyfooted around

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