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Verb Concept
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beat around the bush  equivocate  tergiversate  prevaricate  palter
EN
Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information WordNet 3.0
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Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
To use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead. OmegaWiki
To render equivocal or ambiguous. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
misinform
DERIVATION
evasion
equivocation
equivocation
hedger
lying
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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
Wiktionary
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equivocate
OmegaWiki
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equivocate
VerbAtlas
DECEIVE va:0622f

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