の同義語 beaten around the bush

prevaricated pussyfooted rambled waffled

stalled bought time cut out deferred delayed dithered froze halted hampered hesitated hindered held over impeded interrupted paused petered out postponed put off shelved slowed stayed stopped suspended arrested braked brake checked died equivocated fenced filibustered hedged quibbled stood stilled stonewalled tarried temporised temporized avoided the issue came to a standstill dragged one's feet held off not moved played for time procrastinated shut down slowed down stood off took one's time

vacillated cavilled caviled conned dodged eluded escaped eschewed evaded falsified fibbed flip-flopped fudged jived lied paltered parried shucked shuffled sidestepped tergiversated adumbrated begged the question blew hot and cold clouded the issue copped a plea copped out covered up gave run around hemmed and hawed minced words passed the buck ran around sat on the fence told white lie weaseled weaselled

avoided baffled confounded fled foiled frustrated got away outran outwitted puzzled shunned thwarted bilked circumvented ditched doubled ducked flew shirked shied stumped got around got away from gave somebody the slip gave the runaround gave the slip gave wide berth to not touched passed up stayed shy of steered clear of

ghosted wandered wavered crept creeped glided glid lurked picked your way prowled skirted skulked slid slunk slinked slipped sneaked snuck stole tiptoed ducked the issues played it close to the vest trod warily watched one's step

dissembled misstated belied distorted exaggerated fabricated garbled invented misrepresented misspoke shifted put on

welshed bamboozled cheated deceived defrauded duped fleeced flimflammed fooled gulled hoodwinked sandbagged scammed shafted stiffed stung tricked pulled a fast one ripped off slipped out took for a ride took to the cleaners wormed one's way out of

shilly-shallied changed yo-yoed changed one's mind

danced around euphemized fudged and mudged hummed and hawed tapdanced

gave the run around

baulked balked reneged danced around an issue laid low lay low snuck away

beaten back beaten down beaten down upon beaten hollow beaten off beaten one's brains beaten around bush beaten a retreat beaten a hasty retreat beaten a dead horse beaten about the bush beaten about