| be noncommittal(verb, slip, avoid, shuffle, dodge) |
| be reluctant(object, pause, protest, hesitate, falter) |
| be undecided(verb, change, alter, pause, swing) |
| be unlike |
| be unwilling(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| beat around |
| bicker(dispute, shift, hedge, wrangle, waffle) |
| bilk(escape, frustrate, baffle, confound, evade) |
| bobble(pause, hesitate, stumble, waver, stutter) |
| break(pause, hesitate, stumble, waver, stutter) |
| budge(verb, move, change, remove, turn) |
| carp(dispute, shift, hedge, equivocate, waffle) |
| catch at straws(expression, idiom, shift, wrangle, waffle) |
| change mind(verb, expression, hesitate, waver, fluctuate) |
| chicane(dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| circumvent(avoid, escape, frustrate, baffle, confound) |
| cloud the issue(expression, idiom, escape, lie, shuffle) |
| con(verb, escape, lie, shuffle, dodge) |
| confound(verb, avoid, escape, frustrate, baffle) |
| convert |