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| beat around the bush(verb, expression, shift, frustrate) | |
| beating around the bush(verb, expression, shift, swindle) | |
| beg the question(verb, expression, decline, avoid) | |
| lead on a merry chase(verb, expression, decline, avoid) | |
| bend the rules(verb, expression, jiving, misguide) | |
| chill to the bone(verb, expression, swindle, scarify) | |
| chilled to the bone(verb, expression, swindle, scarify) | |
| curdle the blood(verb, expression, swindle, scarify) | |
| do a number on(verb, expression, swindle, jiving) | |
| do number on(verb, expression, swindle, jiving) | |
| give bum steer(verb, expression, swindle, jiving) | |
| go off at a tangent(expression, digress, blether, blather) | |
| have it in for(verb, expression, swindle, scarify) | |
| hit below the belt(verb, expression, jiving, misguide) | |
| make blood run cold(verb, expression, swindle, scarify) | |
| make teeth chatter(verb, expression, swindle, scarify) | |
| meet under arch(verb, expression, swindle, scarify) | |
| pull a fast one(verb, expression, swindle, stiff) | |
| pull fast one(verb, expression, swindle, jiving) | |
| pull something funny(verb, expression, jiving, misguide) |
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| Chicago | Smart Define. 2011. "beat around bush thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/beat_around_bush/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 30, 2026). |
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| MLA | Smart Define. "beat around bush thesaurus" 23 May 2011. Web. 30 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/beat_around_bush/thesaurus/synonyms> |