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38 entries under idiom topic. ×
| beat around bush(verb, expression, shift, swindle) | |
| beat around the bush(verb, expression, shift, frustrate) | |
| 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) | |
| 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, fool, swindle) | |
| pull fast one(verb, expression, swindle, jiving) | |
| pull something funny(verb, expression, jiving, misguide) | |
| pull wool over eyes(verb, expression, jiving, misguide) | |
| put on the cuff(verb, expression, swindle, scarify) | |
| put one over on(verb, expression, swindle, jiving) |
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| APA | Smart Define. (2011). beating around the bush thesaurus. Retrieved September 29, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/beating_around_the_bush/thesaurus/synonyms |
| Chicago | Smart Define. 2011. "beating around the bush thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/beating_around_the_bush/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 29, 2026). |
| Harvard | Smart Define 2011, beating around the bush thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 29 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/beating_around_the_bush/thesaurus/synonyms>. |
| MLA | Smart Define. "beating around the bush thesaurus" 20 May 2011. Web. 29 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/beating_around_the_bush/thesaurus/synonyms> |